Articles by Jazz Monroe

Alright Alright

Rivoli, Toronto ON, June 12

PUBLISHED Jun 13, 2013

Alright Alright make zippy, anthemic pop music, sometimes resembling a less catchy take on the Fratellis. Fortunately they're not the types...

Camera

Rivoli, Toronto ON, June 12

PUBLISHED Jun 13, 2013

Camera, a dapper Welsh five-piece of all shapes and sizes, allured the Rivoli's impressive attendance with dark, punchy folk-infused rock....

Mozart's Sister

Rivoli, Toronto ON, June 12

PUBLISHED Jun 13, 2013

Things are looking good for Mozart's Sister, aka Montreal's Caila Thompson-Hannant. Her Rivoli set drew the venue's biggest crowd of the ni...

Gentleman Reg

Rivoli, Toronto ON, June 12

PUBLISHED Jun 13, 2013

Batted around over 13 years between obscurity, Arts & Crafts and the doomed Three Gut Records, man of seven albums Gentleman Reg (aka Reg V...

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The Garrison, Toronto ON, June 4

PUBLISHED Jun 5, 2013

Their recordings may weep with breathy, new-soul elegance, but as a live prospect, the odds are stacked against LA brother duo inc. Debut L...

Savages Respond to Critics, Philosophize on Sex, Music and Freedom

PUBLISHED Jun 4, 2013

Divisive angular UK post-punkers Savages have plenty to answer for and many to answer to. Admirers have praised their moral (or immoral) bo...

Savages

Art of Noise

PUBLISHED Jun 3, 2013

Potentially," begins Jehnny Beth, sucking Coca-Cola through a straw in a hotel lobby, "people who come to see us play will receive a sound,...

Hooded Fang

PUBLISHED May 28, 2013

Two of Hooded Fang's four members are late. April Aliermo, who recently relocated to Montreal, can't make it at all. The rest of us are sch...