Articles by Ian Gormely

Eamon McGrath

Dakota Tavern, Toronto, ON, March 2

PUBLISHED Mar 3, 2013

Never let it be said that Eamon McGrath is one to rest on his laurels. Less than a year after releasing the ambitious Young Canadians, the...

Eels

Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto, ON, February 25

PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2013

Like the best idiosyncratic songwriters, Mark Oliver Everett has spent his career flying under the radar with occasional blips of mainstrea...

Five Noteworthy Facts You Might Not Know About Bad Religion

PUBLISHED Feb 13, 2013

Bad Religion often suffer from the kind of casual dismissal that comes from a 30-year career of releasing solid albums at a regular clip. Y...

Christopher Owens

Wants To Move On

PUBLISHED Feb 11, 2013

As far as Christopher Owens is concerned, the only thing standing in the way of his success as a solo artist is his own record. After leavi...

Thomas D'Arcy

What We Want

PUBLISHED Feb 4, 2013

This is a record born of failure and frustration. Following a sublime debut as Small Sins, Thomas D'Arcy and the band scored an enviable re...

The History of Apple Pie

Out of View

PUBLISHED Jan 29, 2013

We often remember music from decades past in an idealized light. In rock circles, the '90s are reduced to an indie dreamscape of undergroun...

Mad Ones

Burning Window

PUBLISHED Jan 29, 2013

Mad Ones' debut album, Behaviour, was a pleasant, if repetitive, slice of boozed-fuelled rock'n'roll. But on the Toronto two-piece's latest...

Sonny Smith

100 Records: Volume 3

PUBLISHED Jan 29, 2013

Some songwriters pen a dozen tracks for every one keeper. Others, like San Francisco, CA's Sonny Smith, adhere to the "a home for every son...