Articles by Ian Gormely

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  Jamie xx

  Danforth Music Hall, Toronto ON, August 6

  PUBLISHED Aug 7, 2015

  After years of singles and remixes, In Colour was Jamie xx's real coming out party as a solo artist. Yet the man born James Smith chose to...

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  HEALTH

  Death Magic

  PUBLISHED Aug 5, 2015

  Rhythm was always at the heart of Los Angeles noiseniks HEALTH's music. Their previous two LPs — not to mention their companion remix...

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  Sloan

  WayHome Stage, Oro-Medonte ON, July 26

  PUBLISHED Jul 27, 2015

  Leave it to Sloan to let the drummer sing the first song of the day. Given the thankless task of opening the main stage on the final day of...

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  Chad VanGaalen

  WayBright Stage, Oro-Medonte ON, July 26

  PUBLISHED Jul 27, 2015

  That he'd rather be at home drawing than performing is a common assertion from Chad VanGaalen. That sentiment was backed up by much of his...

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  July Talk

  WayBright Stage, Oro-Medonte ON, July 26

  PUBLISHED Jul 27, 2015

  The onstage interplay between Peter Dreimanis and Leah Fay has been the stuff of Canadian music-fest legend in recent years; what's more im...

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  Run the Jewels

  WayHome Stage, Oro-Medonte ON, July 25

  PUBLISHED Jul 26, 2015

  Anyone still wondering how Run the Jewels climbed the mountain to become one of hip-hop's most respected and talked-about acts need only se...

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  Danny Brown

  WayBright Stage, Oro-Medonte ON, July 25

  PUBLISHED Jul 26, 2015

  Hyping the crowd with tracks like Waka Flocka Flame's "Hard in da Paint" and A$AP Ferg's "Shabba Ranks," it was a full ten minutes before D...

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  Alvvays

  WayBright Stage, Oro-Medonte ON, July 25

  PUBLISHED Jul 26, 2015

  Alvvays' early daytime slot felt like a scheduling oversight by festival organizers. But then, few could have predicted the band's meteoric...