Articles by Jazz Monroe

Phèdre

35 Strachan, Toronto ON, November 2

PUBLISHED Nov 3, 2013

For those unfamiliar, 35 Strachan is an artist-friendly warehouse tucked between makeshift bridges and railway lines down by the Toronto do...

Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Blue Record

PUBLISHED Oct 29, 2013

It's likely that close listeners of II, a home blend of blue funk and psychedelia, had already diagnosed Ruban Nielson's psychological ills...

Jenny Hval

Rivoli, Toronto ON, September 27

PUBLISHED Sep 28, 2013

Joined by two frowning men in sensible shirts, Jenny Hval took the Rivoli stage to modest applause. The crowd was sparse, but comfortably s...

Deerhunter

Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto ON, September 12

PUBLISHED Sep 13, 2013

Latecomers to the Phoenix Concert Theatre for Deerhunter's highly anticipated and very sold-out return met a bizarre spectacle. Support act...

King Krule

Wrongbar, Toronto ON, September 11

PUBLISHED Sep 12, 2013

Competing with Dirty Beaches for tonight's Toronto concertgoers, gravel-throated Archy Marshall and his band sold out the Wrongbar and put...

Sam Amidon

Hugh's Room, Toronto ON, September 5

PUBLISHED Sep 6, 2013

"Basically," begins Sam Amidon, goofily well-postured, scattily composed, "the way the record came about was... Jimi Hendrix spoke to me fr...

Okkervil River

The SIlver Gymnasium

PUBLISHED Aug 30, 2013

Okkervil River occupy an intriguing conceptual space: part folk band, part rock band, part folk-statement on the rock band. Their best-love...

Julia Holter Talks the Celebrity Worship and Mystical Creativity of 'Loud City Song'

PUBLISHED Aug 29, 2013

Critical acclaim for Julia Holter's newly released third LP, Loud City Song, is reaching a crescendo. Maintaining Holter's proclivity for i...