Articles by Ian Gormely

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,...

METZ / Chastity

Ashburn Green Barn, Whitby ON, April 13

PUBLISHED Apr 14, 2018

Noise rock and rural Ontario don't obviously go hand-in-hand, but that didn't stop a clutch of fans from trucking out to Whitby, 40 minutes...

Kylie Minogue

Golden

PUBLISHED Apr 5, 2018

The tie that binds the many phases of Kylie Minogue's career is a dedication to dance-pop. Rarely has the Australian superstar strayed far...

Dusted

Blackout Summer

PUBLISHED Apr 5, 2018

If Holy Fuck are a noisy, junk-shop approximation of funk, then Dusted are the soul equivalent. What started back in 2012 as a low-stakes p...

Eels

The Deconstruction

PUBLISHED Apr 5, 2018

Eels' music has always had an element of retro-futurism to it; the dusty beats of their early work brushed up against strings and Mark Oliv...