Articles by Ian Gormely

How to Dress Well

Care

PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2016

Tom Krell has spent his entire career singing about togetherness while consciously putting distance between himself and listeners. Though t...

July Talk

Touch

PUBLISHED Sep 8, 2016

On their debut, Toronto rockers July Talk laid the bedrock for a sound, a disco-blues groove underlying him vs. her vocals, that catapulted...

​July Talk

In Living Colour

PUBLISHED Aug 16, 2016

When Leah Fay is performing, "One of the most grounding things you can do" she says, "is walk out into the crowd and feel someone's hand on...

Dinosaur Jr.

Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not

PUBLISHED Aug 10, 2016

With Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not, the fourth album recorded by Dinosaur Jr.'s reunited original line-up, the Amherst, MA trio have surpa...

Descendents

Hypercaffium Spazzinate

PUBLISHED Jul 27, 2016

Twelve years is a long gap between albums for any band, let alone one made up of middle-aged punks. But on their latest, long-in-the works...

Descendents Update the "Whole 'I Like Food' Thing" with 'Hypercaffium Spazzinate'

PUBLISHED Jul 27, 2016

With the possible exception of "Weird Al" Yankovic, no artist uses food for musical inspiration as often or as effectively as OG California...

HAIM

WayHome Stage, Oro-Medonte ON, July 24

PUBLISHED Jul 25, 2016

With three years passed since HAIM released their debut, and not a scrap of new music to whet appetites, many may have wondered if Alana, D...

Black Mountain

WayAway Stage, Oro-Medonte ON, July 24

PUBLISHED Jul 25, 2016

From the opening, pulsing synth line of "Mothers of the Sun," Black Mountain made one thing clear: even if they were playing an afternoon s...