Articles by Ian Gormely

Nation of Language Were Riding High in Toronto

Phoenix Concert Theatre, December 2

PUBLISHED Dec 4, 2023

At first blush, Nation of Language and Miss Grit make for odd touring partners. The former are classicists giving new clothes to past pleas...

'The Stones & Brian Jones' Finds a Fresh Perspective on a Familiar Tragedy

Directed by Nick Broomfield

PUBLISHED Nov 13, 2023

How much art can we chalk up to shitty dads? Like so many from his generation, Brian Jones's parents — particularly his father, Lewis — jus...

Hotline TNT Defy Space and Time on 'Cartwheel'

PUBLISHED Nov 2, 2023

How did Wisconsin-born Will Anderson go from making grunge-pop in Vancouver to shoegaze-adjacent rock in Brooklyn while signing with a tast...

Model/Actriz Brought the Tension to Toronto

The Garrison, October 18

PUBLISHED Oct 19, 2023

Before Dogsbody — Model/Actriz's debut album that's become an under-the-radar pick for album of the year — the Brooklyn band cut their teet...

Metric Turned a Church into a Studio and Indulged Their Wickedest Musical Whims

PUBLISHED Oct 12, 2023

Impulse purchases were all the rage in 2020. Some people got dogs, others bought cottages. Metric bought a church in small-town Ontario and...

Chappell Roan Gets Hot, Heavy and Heartbroken on 'The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess'

PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2023

Chappell Roan likes to get down, in every sense of the phrase. On her very danceable debut album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess,...

yeule Is Beginning to Heal on 'softscars'

PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2023

You could be forgiven if you'd assumed that electronic musician yeule was just the latest upgrade in the music industry's quest to build a...

Pantayo Explore the Limitless Possibilities of Kulintang Music: "There Is Space for People Like Us"

PUBLISHED Jun 9, 2023

It took years of learning and experimentation to produce the eight songs on Pantayo's debut album. While it was in many ways the culminatio...