Articles by Ian Gormely

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  Japanese Breakfast

  Silver Dollar, Toronto ON, April 21

  PUBLISHED Apr 22, 2017

  It took a while for the world to notice, but Michelle Zauner's work as Japanese Breakfast has picked up a lot of steam since her latest, Ps...

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  Sam Coffey and the Iron Lungs

  The Garrison, Toronto ON, April 21

  PUBLISHED Apr 22, 2017

  Sam Coffey and the Iron Lungs are a bunch of dudes hung up on punk and rock'n'roll. Boasting matching denim vests with custom band logos as...

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  Monomyth

  Baby G, Toronto ON, April 19

  PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2017

  There's an ineffable quality to Monomyth's studio recordings that can make it difficult to figure out exactly what's going on. Live, howeve...

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  NOBRO

  Baby G, Toronto ON, April 19

  PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2017

  Montreal power trio NOBRO do not mess around. Within seconds of starting their high-energy CMW set at the Baby G, it was immediately obviou...

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  Diet Cig / Daddy Issues

  The Drake Hotel Underground, Toronto ON, April 11

  PUBLISHED Apr 12, 2017

  "Emotions are radical," said Alex Luciano just before launching into "Sixteen," the first song of Diet Cig's recent Toronto appearance. Tho...

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  Allison Crutchfield and the Fizz / Vagabon

  The Silver Dollar, Toronto ON, April 5

  PUBLISHED Apr 6, 2017

  Both with her sister Katie (in PS Eliot and Waxahatchee) and on her own (Swearin'), Allison Crutchfield has made herself a staple of the Am...

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  Maggie Rogers

  The Mod Club, Toronto ON, April 4

  PUBLISHED Apr 5, 2017

  Moving Pharrell Williams to tears is about as good a starting point to a career as you can get. Besides making a pretty compelling origin s...

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  The New Pornographers

  Whiteout Conditions

  PUBLISHED Apr 5, 2017

  You could be forgiven for having given up on the New Pornographers a few albums back. Though the Vancouver group are consistently fine purv...