Articles by Ian Gormely

From Karaoke to METZ: Dilly Dally Divulge Their 'Sore' Inspirations

PUBLISHED Oct 22, 2015

Karaoke's impact on the wider world of music, has, to this point, been negligible. But Sore, the newly released debut album from Toronto qu...

Dilly Dally / Weaves

888 Dupont Street, Toronto ON, October 8

PUBLISHED Oct 9, 2015

Celebrating the release of their debut album, Sore, Toronto quartet Dilly Dally opted to go small, packing devoted fans into a tiny Toronto...

Dilly Dally

Sore

PUBLISHED Oct 9, 2015

Dilly Dally's debut album is a hulking mass of sound that comes crashing down on listeners, a la the Pixies' loud-quiet-loud aesthetic. Sta...

Nicole Dollanganger

Natural Born Losers

PUBLISHED Oct 9, 2015

Nicole Dollanganger sings with a high, sweet voice, usually accompanied by just a clean electric guitar. But there's a darkness lurking in...

Forever and a Day

Katja von Garnier

PUBLISHED Sep 18, 2015

Quick: Name a Scorpions song that isn't "Rock You Like a Hurricane." If you were born after 1980, that's probably a tough proposition. The...

Metric's 'Pagans in Vegas' Is the First Half of a Double Album

PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2015

Metric are set to release their sixth album, Pagans in Vegas, on September 18 via MMI/Crystal Math/Universal, but the group are already tea...

Where I Play

Metric's Giant Studios

PUBLISHED Sep 9, 2015

Giant Studios hates Kevin Drew.   The Broken Social Scene frontman is one of the few trusted friends that studio owner and Metric guitarist...

FIDLAR's Zac Carper Opens Up About Drug Addiction

PUBLISHED Sep 9, 2015

FIDLAR's self-titled debut positioned the Los Angeles crew as a bunch of wastoid slackers. And while that rep helped propel them to the for...