Articles by Ian Gormely

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...

Camp Cope

How to Socialise & Make Friends

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2018

Camp Cope have seen your patriarchy, and they're having none of it, thank you very much. "It's another man telling us we can't fill up the...

The Breeders

All Nerve

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2018

Every decade or so, Kim Deal drops a couple of Breeders records on unsuspecting listeners, only to saunter back to her Midwest home, leavin...

Chvrches Reveal Influence of Eurythmics' Dave Stewart and the National's Matt Berninger on 'Love Is Dead'

PUBLISHED Feb 28, 2018

Chvrches just announced their upcoming third album, the Greg Kurstin-produced Love is Dead. But according to the band, who decamped to New...

Everything Is Recorded

Everything Is Recorded by Richard Russell

PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2018

As this debut album's title plainly spells out, Everything is Recorded is the new project from XL Recordings' founder Richard Russell. Its...