Articles by Ian Gormely

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...

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...

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...

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...

Diet Cig

Swear I'm Good at This

PUBLISHED Apr 5, 2017

A line delivered late on Diet Cig's debut, Swear I'm Good at This, lays bare the dichotomy in singer-guitarist Alex Luciano's songwriting:...

Four Firsts for the New Pornographers on Seventh Album 'Whiteout Conditions'

PUBLISHED Apr 3, 2017

By the time most bands get around to making their seventh album (if they even get that far) fans generally know what to expect. And while V...

Nelly Furtado

The Ride

PUBLISHED Mar 30, 2017

Nelly Furtado has never been one to stand still musically. Since the beginning of her career, she's used pop, hip-hop, dance, folk and mult...

At the Drive-In

Rebel, Toronto ON, March 29

PUBLISHED Mar 30, 2017

At the Drive-In were not built to last. Watching old performance footage of the El Paso, TX group, it's a wonder they managed to make it th...