Articles by Ian Gormely

Mauno

The Garrison, Toronto ON, May 10

PUBLISHED May 11, 2018

Idiosyncratic is an appropriate, though somewhat unfair, way to describe Halifax's Mauno. Nominally indie rock, it's hard to say who the qu...

WHOOP-Szo

The Garrison, Toronto ON, May 10

PUBLISHED May 11, 2018

You don't know what you're going to get with WHOOP-Szo — one minute they're knocking out sludgy stoner rock riffs, the next it's psychedeli...

The Dirty Nil

Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto ON, May 8

PUBLISHED May 10, 2018

Shimmying on stage to the sweet pulse of Usher's "Yeah," the Dirty Nil wasted no time letting the crowd know the kind of set they were in f...

Slow

Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto ON, May 8

PUBLISHED May 10, 2018

Slow are a band more tied to myth than music. Their meagre output — just eight songs, all out of print for decades — has been eclipsed by t...

Illuminati Hotties' Sarah Tudzin Wanted to Make a Résumé, But Made a Debut Album Instead

PUBLISHED May 9, 2018

Blending equal parts pop punk, indie and surf rock with witty lyrics about the highs and lows of early adulthood, it's easy to see how Illu...

Illuminati Hotties

Kiss Yr Frenemies

PUBLISHED May 9, 2018

Sarah Tudzin didn't set out to be a rock star. But in trying to hustle work for her day job as a producer, she caught the artist's bug and...

The Breeders

Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto ON, May 6

PUBLISHED May 7, 2018

The Breeders, arguably, are more influential now than they've ever been. More than a quarter century into their intermittent career, the ba...

Five Noteworthy Facts You May Not Know About Kylie Minogue

PUBLISHED Apr 27, 2018

Kylie Minogue has always forged her own pop path. From TV actor to teen pop star to international phenom, she's survived commercial flops,...