Articles by Ian Gormely

Allie X Quits Writing Hits For Others and Charts Her Own Path on 'CollXtion II'

PUBLISHED Jun 16, 2017

"Identity is something that I explore in all my work," says Allie X, explaining the concept behind her full-length debut, CollXtion II (out...

An Essential Guide to Chris Cornell

PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2017

Chris Cornell contained multitudes. A wailing banshee who would transform into soulful crooner — sometimes across just a few bars of music...

The Avalanches

Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto ON, June 8

PUBLISHED Jun 9, 2017

Sample-based music was on the outs even when the Avalanches dropped their stunning debut, Since I Left You, back in 2000, yet at the time,...

​Perfume Genius

Discomfort Zone

PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2017

Mike Hadreas was frustrated.   As work began on the followup to Too Bright, his 2014 breakthrough as Perfume Genius, he found himself sitti...

Five Noteworthy Facts You May Not Know About At the Drive-In

PUBLISHED May 30, 2017

At the Drive-In split up before many fans got a chance to experience their ever-expanding brand of post-hardcore fury. Consequently, despit...

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Shake the Shudder

PUBLISHED May 19, 2017

All the attention that is currently being paid to the early aughts New York rock scene has largely ignored !!!. The punctuation-obsessed ba...

Dirty Windshields: The Best and Worst of the Smugglers Tour Diaries

By Grant Lawrence

PUBLISHED May 19, 2017

Late in his new tour diary of his time with punk-rock party band the Smugglers, Grant Lawrence sums up their career thusly: "The Smugglers...

"My Version of a Stadium Anthem": Perfume Genius Pushes His Comfort Zone on 'No Shape'

PUBLISHED May 16, 2017

No Shape, the new album from Mike Hadreas's Perfume Genius (out now on Matador) is the most accessible and pop-friendly release from the pr...