Articles by Ian Gormely

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  How I Play

  Dine Alone Records' Joel Carriere

  PUBLISHED May 22, 2015

  It all started in a mall. Joel Carriere was working at Sam the Record Man in St. Catharines, ON. Still in his early 20s, the local show pro...

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  DMA's

  DMA's EP

  PUBLISHED May 19, 2015

  The past 20 years have seen no shortage of bands build careers out of the swagger of Oasis, but few manage (or bother) to match the transce...

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  Joanna Gruesome

  Peanut Butter

  PUBLISHED May 15, 2015

  There's a moment in the bridge of "Last Year," the lead track off Joanna Gruesome's new album, where you can hear the band's Jekyll and Hyd...

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  Pet Symmetry

  Pets Hounds

  PUBLISHED May 13, 2015

  Don't let the name or the goofy cover shot of Fake Problems' Chris Farren fool you; Pet Symmetry are as serious as a heart attack. Or, at l...

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  The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic

  Jessica Hopper

  PUBLISHED May 10, 2015

  In one of the many essays from her new book, The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic, Jessica Hopper recounts hang...

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  Rich Aucoin

  The Great Hall, Toronto ON, May 9

  PUBLISHED May 10, 2015

  By now, Rich Aucoin's live show should be old hat. The constant road warrior hits Toronto alone three or four times every year, yet people...

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  Bo Ningen

  Hard Luck Bar, Toronto ON, May 8

  PUBLISHED May 9, 2015

  Throw pretty much any genre tag at Bo Ningen and you're likely to hit the mark. Though nominally acid rock, the London-via-Tokyo quartet ha...

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  King Tuff

  Hard Luck Bar, Toronto ON, May 8

  PUBLISHED May 9, 2015

  King Tuff gets the short end of the garage rock stick. Though Kyle Thomas is one of modern garage rock's most hooky and infectious songwrit...