Articles by Ian Gormely

Noah

Darren Aronofsky

PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2014

The promotional campaign for Noah has emphasized the CGI spectacle of the film while leaving audiences to infer its Biblical origins. Compl...

Muppets Most Wanted

James Bobin

PUBLISHED Mar 21, 2014

Are Muppets movies in 2014 aimed at adults or their children? While the talking felt-bags never really went away, their rebirth on the big...

Dog Day Clarify Hiatus: "We're Giving Our Music Some Distance"

PUBLISHED Mar 21, 2014

Since releasing Fade Out in the fall, Seth Smith and Nancy Urich have threatened to retire their long-running Dog Day project for good. The...

Axxa/Abraxas

Axxa/Abraxas

PUBLISHED Feb 28, 2014

Atlanta native Ben Asbury penned the ten songs that make up his proper full-length debut while still in college, around the same time he fo...

The Men

Tomorrow's Hits

PUBLISHED Feb 28, 2014

Why the Men to abandoned noisy, hardcore punk and turned themselves into Crazy Horse remains one of the great musical mysteries, but on the...

Touché Amoré / Mewithoutyou / Seahaven

Mod Club, Toronto ON, February 24

PUBLISHED Feb 25, 2014

Never let it be said that punk bands — even indie, DIY ones — don't understand their brand. For their tour in support of last year's excell...

Solids

Blame Confusion

PUBLISHED Feb 18, 2014

Singer-guitarist Xavier Germain Poitras and drummer Louis Guillemette like their rock loud, fast and fuzzy, or at least that's the impressi...

Cousins / Greys / The Wet Secrets / Lido Pimienta

The Garrison, Toronto ON, February 16

PUBLISHED Feb 17, 2014

For the final night of the festival, Wavelength returned to its spiritual home at the Garrison, where the weekly concert series had its fin...