Articles by Laura Stanley

Ellen Froese

Fightin' Words

PUBLISHED Nov 4, 2019

Saskatoon-based singer-songwriter Ellen Froese could share a stage with almost anybody, from Patsy Cline to k.d. lang to Daniel Romano (dur...

Rooms Like Sonology Don't Make Great Records, People Like Idée Fixe's Jeff McMurrich Do

PUBLISHED Oct 21, 2019

If you were to walk through Bartlett Parkette, a small green space on Geary Avenue in the west end of Toronto, you would likely mistake the...

Tegan and Sara

Hey, I'm Just Like You

PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2019

While compiling research for their new memoir, High School, Tegan and Sara found cassette tapes of songs they wrote and recorded between th...

Alaskan Tapes

Views From Sixteen Stories

PUBLISHED Sep 26, 2019

As Alaskan Tapes, Brady Kendall crafts pieces that accommodate all types of listeners: the casual, the serious, and even the sleepy, as Ken...

Évelyne Brochu

Objets perdus

PUBLISHED Sep 23, 2019

Objets perdus, the debut album from Montreal-based musician and actor Évelyne Brochu, is cast in the soft light of a late summer's evening....

'Orphan Black' Star Évelyne Brochu's 'Objets perdus' Is a "Bit of Tenderness" in Aggressive Times

PUBLISHED Sep 23, 2019

"Sometimes love stories lead to art, but sometimes friendship stories do too," Montreal-based actor and musician Évelyne Brochu says in an...

Tegan and Sara Looked to the Past for Their New Album and Memoir — and Found Their Present Selves

PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2019

"This is not nostalgia," asserts Tegan and Sara's Sara Quin, in an interview with Exclaim! about the duo's memoir and new album, Hey, I'm J...

Alaskan Tapes Will Put You to Sleep, If You Want — But He'd Rather Not

PUBLISHED Sep 19, 2019

For many people, Spotify is a sleep-aid. The streaming platform curates dozens of playlists aimed to help listeners fall asleep, the most p...