Articles by Ian Gormely

Andrew Bird

Break it Yourself

PUBLISHED Mar 5, 2012

On his last album, 2009's Noble Beast, Andrew Bird perfected the folk-meets-baroque pop style he and artists like Sufjan Stevens had been t...

Nardwuar the Human Serviette

PUBLISHED Feb 29, 2012

Love him or hate him, Nardwuar is an original. And while some might accuse the Vancouver based-media personality and musician of serious bo...

Nardwuar Has Vancouver Covered

PUBLISHED Feb 29, 2012

Nardwuar the Human Serviette is undeniably likeable. So it comes as no surprise that he was able to convince a bunch of rock stars to recor...

Hunx

Hairdresser Blues

PUBLISHED Feb 28, 2012

Seth Bogart has quickly made a name for himself as a queer garage rock troubadour under the banner Hunx. Last year's outing, Too Young to B...

Teenage Kicks

Be on My Side

PUBLISHED Feb 28, 2012

Toronto, ON five-piece Teenage Kicks are one of the leading lights in a small but growing scene in the city more concerned with writing cat...

Said the Whale Explain Their Lofty Video Ambitions, Stream New Album on Exclaim.ca

PUBLISHED Feb 27, 2012

As we previously reported, Vancouver indie pop crew Said the Whale are celebrating the release of their new album Little Mountain, which is...

Said the Whale

Vancouver and Beyond

PUBLISHED Feb 27, 2012

Few bands admit to wrestling with expectations, but most do at some level. Take Vancouver's Said the Whale. The five-piece's sophomore effo...

Daps Records Revue featuring Phèdre, Hooded Fang, Doldrums, Moon King

Great Hall, Toronto ON February 24

PUBLISHED Feb 27, 2012

Anyone wondering how Daps Records so quickly gathered international buzz around its burgeoning roster need only have witnessed this show. T...