Articles by Ian Gormely

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  Cloud Nothings

  Life Without Sound

  PUBLISHED Jan 25, 2017

  On third album Life Without Sound, Cloud Nothing replace the searing guitars, heavy breakdown and howling vocals of their last two albums w...

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  Uniform

  Wake in Fright

  PUBLISHED Jan 23, 2017

  Though it emerged out of singer Michael Berdan's personal struggles, it's hard not to draw a line from the current socio-political climate...

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  Heat

  Overnight

  PUBLISHED Jan 23, 2017

  The sound of Montreal's Heat is a melange of guitar rock influences — '90s lo-fi, shoegaze, NYC punk, UK indie — but following a three-trac...

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  Mr. Tophat and Robyn

  Trust Me

  PUBLISHED Jan 11, 2017

  After remixing two Robyn tracks, Stockholm producer Mr. Tophat decided to go direct to the source for this trio of nu-disco house floor-fil...

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  Nine Inch Nails

  Not the Actual Events

  PUBLISHED Dec 28, 2016

  While his post-millennial output with Nine Inch Nails has demonstrated the more muscular side of Trent Reznor's musical personality, his fi...

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  Spawn of American Football: The Hotelier, Modern Baseball and Into It. Over It Take Over Emo's Legacy

  2016 in Lists

  PUBLISHED Dec 15, 2016

  For years, Mike Kinsella's one-and-done trio, American Football, were an afterthought to his other legendary group Cap'n Jazz. After 17 yea...

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  The Rolling Stones

  Blue and Lonesome

  PUBLISHED Dec 2, 2016

  The self-proclaimed World's Greatest Rock'n'Roll Band have spent the past quarter century trying to recapture their glory years with a seri...

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  Cold Specks

  I Predict a Graceful Expulsion

  PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

  After a long lead-up, during which former Etobicoke, ON resident Al Spx's has seen her rather humble origin story championed, dissected and...