Articles by Jazz Monroe

Telekinesis

Dormarion

PUBLISHED Apr 3, 2013

Telekinesis main man Michael Benjamin Lerner, a chirpy musical sibling of Apples in Stereo and Death Cab for Cutie (whose Chris Walla produ...

Savages Lament "Phoney" Indie, Discuss Influence of Genesis P-Orridge and Pornography on 'Silence Yourself'

PUBLISHED Apr 2, 2013

Eliminating hype-band skepticism with furious wails and psychedelic poise, post-punk quartet Savages recently bejeweled the crown of CMW wi...

Beliefs

PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2013

Creating the perfect outlet for your musical inclinations depends as much on circumstance as skill. Thankfully, upon making the jump to Tor...

Savages

Lee's Palace, Toronto, ON, March 23

PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2013

Savages lose a mark for slightly mushy sound on the denser cuts, but as half-hour, pre-debut sets go, the UK post-punks' second Toronto sho...

Beliefs

Beliefs

PUBLISHED Mar 20, 2013

Why does such an exciting genre attract such persistently uninspiring descriptions? Hazy, woozy, waft-y, fuzzy, dreamy, drifting, gliding,...

Low

The Great Hall, Toronto, ON, March 16

PUBLISHED Mar 17, 2013

There's a pathological grandiosity to Low that permeates every level of their being. Progenitors of a delicately melancholy style that Arca...

The Men

PUBLISHED Mar 15, 2013

With new album New Moon released this March, hardcore bumpkins the Men secured themselves among a royal lineage of bands (the Minutemen, Yo...

The Men Discuss Getting Spiritual for 'New Moon,' Clarify Former Bassist's Dismissal

PUBLISHED Mar 14, 2013

The former hardcore punk and now somewhat less pin-downable Brooklyn quintet the Men strip down and dive into their country influences on t...