Articles by Ian Gormely

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  ​Ted Leo

  The Exclaim! Questionnaire

  PUBLISHED Sep 5, 2017

  The past seven years haven't been easy for Ted Leo. Since releasing The Brutalist Bricks in 2010, the singer and guitarist suffered a serie...

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  Brand New

  Science Fiction

  PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2017

  Catharsis is Brand New's stock and trade, but they've never let that emotional release come easy. Over the course of their career, the merc...

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  Elvis Costello and the Imposters

  Sony Centre, Toronto ON, July 20

  PUBLISHED Jul 21, 2017

  "Masterpiece" is how Rolling Stone described Imperial Bedroom when it was first released in 1982. Yet, in the years since, critical consens...

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  Metallica

  Rogers Centre, Toronto ON, July 16

  PUBLISHED Jul 17, 2017

  "Metallica does not give a fuck," announced James Hetfield two songs into the Toronto stop on Metallica's current 'WorldWired' Tour. Regard...

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  Japanese Breakfast

  Soft Sounds from Another Planet

  PUBLISHED Jul 14, 2017

  The first Japanese Breakfast album, Psychopomp, was an anomaly, a necessary funnel for Michelle Zauner's emotions as she tended to her aili...

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  Allie X

  Being Allie X

  PUBLISHED Jul 5, 2017

  "Identity is something that I explore in all my work," says L.A.-based Canadian pop singer Allie X. "This project is a way for me to naviga...

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  A Distorted Revolution: How Eric's Trip Changed Moncton, Music and Me

  By Jason Murray

  PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2017

  "Cult heroes" isn't the aspiration for most bands, but looking back at the short, inspirational life of Eric's Trip, it's hard to view the...

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  ​At the Drive-In

  Interpolating Relations of Complexity

  PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2017

  From their inception, At the Drive-In were never a band built to last. Formed by singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala and guitarist Jim Ward in 1993...