Articles by Ian Gormely

Fuck Buttons

Adelaide Hall, Toronto ON, June 19

PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2014

With a name like Fuck Buttons, few expect lilting acoustic folk. But even the Bristol duo's adventurous albums can't prepare the uninitiate...

HSY

Adelaide Hall, Toronto ON, June 19

PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2014

Like their peers Odonis Odonis and Soupcans, local quartet HSY play a brand of stripped-down sludgy rock that brings to mind the heroes of...

White Lung

Deep Fantasy

PUBLISHED Jun 16, 2014

White Lung emerged from Vancouver's DIY underground fully formed. Fierce, abrasive, but with an inherent tunefulness, each of their records...

How to Dress Well Talks the Potential and Limitations of Pop, Weighs In on Emo's "Profound Lack of Subtlety"

PUBLISHED Jun 9, 2014

A litany of adjectives are used to describe the music Tom Krell makes as How to Dress Well, but at its core, his music is pure pop. Nowhere...

Candy Hearts

All The Ways You Let Me Down

PUBLISHED Jun 9, 2014

Like their name suggests, Candy Hearts' brand of pop-punk is sweet and naive. And given the past decade's boy-band-ification of the genre,...

Parquet Courts

Sunbathing Animal

PUBLISHED Jun 3, 2014

Parquet Courts find themselves in an enviable position going into their third album. Light Up Gold and the Tally All the Things That You Br...

Gold-Bears

Dalliance

PUBLISHED May 30, 2014

Gold-Bears' debut was a catchy, though lightweight, slab of C86 worship, but their sophomore effort tightens and toughens up their sound. T...

Junior Battles

Rally

PUBLISHED May 23, 2014

Nominally a pop-punk band, Toronto's Junior Battles display a musical world view that extends beyond the confines that of that label. While...