Articles by Laura Stanley

Inside Daniel Romano's Legendary 2020: How He Became Canada's Most Prolific Musical Genius

PUBLISHED Sep 24, 2020

"I'm always making something," says Daniel Romano. "It's not necessarily music, but yes — I wake up every day and I work." This explains a...

Phoebe Bridgers' Miraculous 'Punisher' Is Larger Than Life

PUBLISHED Jun 17, 2020

The imagery Phoebe Bridgers uses on Punisher is ransacked from a pop-up Halloween store: there's ghosts, skeletons, dead bodies, and masks....

Camille Delean Slows Things Down to Mesmerizing Effect on 'Cold House Burning'

PUBLISHED Jun 3, 2020

Camille Delean wrote her sophomore album Cold House Burning during an extended period of social isolation before social isolation was a nec...

Noah Reid's 'Gemini' Is Warm and Familiar — and Not Just Because You Know Him from 'Schitt's Creek'

PUBLISHED May 28, 2020

The title of Noah Reid's sophomore album, Gemini, is a catch-all for his dualities. Reid, whose astrological sign is Gemini, splits his tim...

How 'Schitt's Creek' Actor Noah Reid Turned His Big TV Moment into a Buzzing Music Career

PUBLISHED May 25, 2020

In 2018, Toronto-based actor and musician Noah Reid found himself at the centre of a big pop culture moment.
 
During the fourth season of...

Campbell Woods' Yearning New Album Is a 'Keeper'

PUBLISHED May 19, 2020

It's unclear what parts of Campbell Woods' sophomore record, Keeper, are fictitious and what is drawn from personal experience. What's a co...

Former Mauno Member Eliza Niemi Is Subtly Unpredictable on 'Glass' EP

PUBLISHED Apr 22, 2020

As the bassist, keyboardist and vocalist of the now-defunct band Mauno, Eliza Niemi made angular, occasionally frantic pop-rock that jutted...

Laura Marling

Song for Our Daughter

PUBLISHED Apr 10, 2020

Since her 2013 masterpiece Once I Was an Eagle, Laura Marling hasn't been afraid to use grand gestures to deliver her songs. She has inject...