Articles by Ian Gormely

M.I.A.

Danforth Music Hall, Toronto ON, July 18

PUBLISHED Jul 19, 2013

There's no denying that M.I.A.'s cultural cachet has dwindled since the run-up to 2010's disappointing ///Y/. But one lackluster album does...

Hunx & His Punx

Street Punk

PUBLISHED Jul 19, 2013

There has to be something in the San Francisco water that drives artists to produce. Bay area musicians such as Ty Segall, Sonny Smith and...

Courtney Love

Uncut

PUBLISHED Jul 19, 2013

Her tabloid rep will forever precede her, but Courtney Love's legacy still looms large in the music world; even today it's difficult for yo...

Adriatico My Love

Nikola Curcin

PUBLISHED Jul 18, 2013

That a term like "food porn" is even necessary speaks to the bizarre lengths we've gone to document our daily meals. Food's ubiquity on tel...

R.I.P.D.

Robert Schwentke

PUBLISHED Jul 18, 2013

Myriad comic books borrow liberally from film for inspiration; the problem arises when Hollywood comes calling and wants to turn your cinem...

Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme

The Exclaim! Questionnaire

PUBLISHED Jul 15, 2013

Six years is a long break for one of the world's most beloved and respected hard rock acts. After 2007's Era Vulgaris, Queens of the Stone...

Sonny and the Sunsets

Are the Future

PUBLISHED Jul 15, 2013

Listening to Antenna to the Afterworld, the latest from Sonny & the Sunsets, you'd be hard pressed to guess that a psychic and Blade Runner...

Sonny Smith Brings His '100 Records' Project to a Close

PUBLISHED Jul 9, 2013

In between records with Sonny Smith's band the Sunsets, who just released the excellent Antenna to the Afterworld, he has kept up a steady...