Articles by Ian Gormely

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Totale Night

PUBLISHED Apr 9, 2013

While its '90s incarnation reduced it to a cartoon caricature of sad kids in makeup and black trench coats, goth spent its first decade as...

Face to Face

Three Chords and a Half Truth

PUBLISHED Apr 9, 2013

Face to Face are very good at being Face to Face. Their mix of lightning fast power chords, catchy hooks and sing-along choruses was the ep...

Mark Arm Reveals the Origins of the Album Art for Mudhoney's 'Vanishing Point'

PUBLISHED Apr 5, 2013

Mudhoney's past two records — 2006's Under a Billion Suns and 2008's The Lucky Ones — were a bit lacking in the cover art depar...

Mudhoney

PUBLISHED Apr 4, 2013

As if Mudhoney's legacy wasn't already cemented through their rep as the original grunge band, a string of recent releases, including Mudho...

Mudhoney

Vanishing Point

PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2013

Mudhoney have always thrived on challenges: living up to their members' musical legacy, remaining true to themselves in the face of mainstr...

Sky Ferreira / How to Dress Well

Wrongbar, Toronto ON, March 27

PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2013

Co-headlining can be a win-win proposition: both acts get to play a bigger room and potentially perform in front of an audience that would...

Wavves

PUBLISHED Mar 26, 2013

With Afraid of Heights Williams' has achieved a rare type of punk rock maximalism, crafting a massive, buzzy record on his own terms. Follo...

Persian Rugs

Rancho Relaxo, Toronto, ON, March 22

PUBLISHED Mar 23, 2013

The draw for a lot of bands at Canadian Music Week is the promise of industry bigwigs catching your set and launching you to superstardom....