Articles by Ian Gormely

The 1975

Budweiser Stage, Toronto ON, June 3

PUBLISHED Jun 4, 2019

Calling the 1975 "an internet band" is so common it's become a cliché. But what that not-untrue characterization of the UK quartet misses i...

'Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind' Is a Familiar Tale Well Told

Directed by Joan Tosoni and Martha Kehoe

PUBLISHED May 23, 2019

Rock docs rarely offer contrition from their subjects. Yet it's the first things we see in the opening scene of the new Gordon Lightfoot do...

Charly Bliss Turn Trauma to Triumph on New Album 'Young Enough'

PUBLISHED May 9, 2019

Turning trauma into triumph is not a new concept, but it's one that was occupying the mind of Eva Hendricks, lead singer of Brooklyn power-...

An Essential Guide to Elton John

PUBLISHED May 8, 2019

At this point Elton John's music is like air — you know it even if you don't realize it. Yet behind the ubiquitous hits lies a deep discogr...

Charly Bliss

Young Enough

PUBLISHED May 7, 2019

On their 2017 debut, Brooklyn band Charly Bliss made no bones about their affinity for '90s alt-rockers like Letters to Cleo, Veruca Salt a...

Book Reports

By Robert Christgau

PUBLISHED May 6, 2019

Robert Christgau is smarter than you.   That's clear from the first paragraph of the "Introduction" in his new collection of book reviews,...

Inside the Career of Alexisonfire, Canada's Greatest, Least Likely Success Story

PUBLISHED Apr 22, 2019

Very little about Alexisonfire's career makes sense. How did a post-hardcore band with three singers (let's be honest: one singer and two s...

Five Noteworthy Facts About Alexisonfire

PUBLISHED Apr 17, 2019

Very little about Alexisonfire's career makes sense. How did a post-hardcore band with a singer and two screamers become one of Canada's bi...