Articles by Ian Gormely

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....

Rococode

Velvet Underground, Toronto, ON, March 22

PUBLISHED Mar 23, 2013

Vancouver's Rococode had the unfortunate challenge of winning over a crowd of 20 people on a Friday night and, unfortunately, the quartet j...

Wavves

Afraid of Heights

PUBLISHED Mar 22, 2013

Following Nathan Williams' 2009 public breakdown, few would have guessed that the San Diego artist would still be making music in 2013, let...

Mad Ones

Great Hall, Toronto, ON, March 21

PUBLISHED Mar 22, 2013

Taking the stage to a woefully empty hall, Mad Ones played with undeterred determination, delivering a smattering of tracks from their debu...

PS I Love You

Great Hall, Toronto, ON, March 21

PUBLISHED Mar 22, 2013

Paul Saulnier isn't one for chitchat; he tends to let his guitar do the talking. He spent most of PS I Love You's short set alternating bet...

Teenage Kicks

Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, ON, March 21

PUBLISHED Mar 22, 2013

Teenage Kicks' slow rise to headlining status at the Horseshoe was well earned; the band have been leading the charge for back-to-basics ro...