Articles by Ian Gormely

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...

Rich Aucoin

Hold

PUBLISHED Mar 27, 2018

For someone who tours as much as Rich Aucoin does, he produces very little new music. That's not a slight; though his recordings certainly...

Miguel / SiR

Rebel, Toronto ON, March 12

PUBLISHED Mar 13, 2018

Twenty-five years ago, it would be hard to fathom a left-of-centre R&B artist packing venues like the 3,000 capacity Rebel in Toronto. But...

David Byrne

American Utopia

PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2018

David Byrne is a busy guy. In the six years since his last full-length, 2012's St. Vincent collab Love This Giant, the 65-year old artist h...

Camp Cope Bring Their No Bullshit Attitude to 'How to Socialise and Make Friends'

PUBLISHED Mar 2, 2018

From its first track — appropriately titled "The Opener" — How to Socialise and Make Friends, the second album from Camp Cope, lets it be k...