Articles by Ian Gormely

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...

Bad Religion

True North

PUBLISHED Jan 22, 2013

Another year, another Bad Religion record. Actually it's been three years since the band's last blast of melodic punk, 2010's middling The...

FIDLAR

FIDLAR

PUBLISHED Jan 22, 2013

It would be easy to dismiss L.A. quartet Fidlar as just another bunch of drunk garage-rock fuck-ups flailing around on their instruments; i...

Christopher Owens Trades Girls for Covers on First Solo Tour

PUBLISHED Jan 18, 2013

Fans of Christopher Owens take note: the former Girls frontman won't be playing any of his old band's songs on his current tour supporting...

Christopher Owens

Lysandre

PUBLISHED Jan 14, 2013

Christopher Owens' decision to ditch/disband Girls came as a surprise, since many viewed the group as his personal creative vehicle in the...

California X

California X

PUBLISHED Jan 14, 2013

In Amherst, MA, Dinosaur Jr.'s legend looms large. So, rather than buck the influence of their hometown's loudest sons, the three guys in C...