Articles by Ian Gormely

Blood Orange Couldn't Have Made 'Negro Swan' Alone

PUBLISHED Aug 22, 2018

"I've always believed that just because someone writes the song, they're not the one who finishes it," says Dev Hynes, aka Blood Orange, "o...

Smashing Pumpkins

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto ON, August 8

PUBLISHED Aug 9, 2018

Nostalgia has never really been Billy Corgan's thing. Even as the Smashing Pumpkins embarked on their "farewell tour" in 2000, the sets hea...

Taylor Swift / Camila Cabello / Charli XCX

Rogers Centre, Toronto ON, Aug 3

PUBLISHED Aug 4, 2018

Few know what it's like to be Taylor Swift. As a young, global female superstar her truth is pretty damn singular. So it's hard to say how...

Five Noteworthy Facts You May Not Know About Dirty Projectors

PUBLISHED Jul 11, 2018

Indie rock, R&B, punk, West African music, glitch — no single genre, song or even album can fully encapsulate the totality of stylistic fus...

Dirty Projectors

Lamp Lit Prose

PUBLISHED Jul 11, 2018

Dirty Projectors mastermind David Longstreth has cautioned against comparing last year's self-titled record to his latest. Yet, by his own...

Dirty Projectors Find Hope Again on 'Lamp Lit Prose'

PUBLISHED Jul 10, 2018

Dirty Projectors' new album, Lamp Lit Prose, comes just 18 months after their last year's Dirty Projectors. The quick turnaround — a five-y...

Rusty Return with Their First Album in 20 Years

PUBLISHED Jun 29, 2018

Nineties CanRock heroes Rusty are back with their first album in 20 years. It's called Dogs of Canada, and it's out now. Dogs of Canada wa...

Shine: How a MuchMusic Compilation Came to Define Canadian Alternative Music and Sell a Zillion Copies

By Mark Teo

PUBLISHED Jun 18, 2018

When confronted with the existence of a book about Big Shiny Tunes, the first thing most people will ask is obvious: Who would want to read...