Articles by Max Mertens
Ought
The Void Is Listening
PUBLISHED Sep 25, 2015
After releasing their acclaimed debut album More Than Any Other Day in 2014, Ought found themselves touring practically non-stop, playing s...
Ought
Sun Coming Down
PUBLISHED Sep 18, 2015
On their widely acclaimed 2014 debut album, More Than Any Other Day, Ought lead singer and guitarist Tim Darcy proved himself a master of o...
Ought Get Serious About 'Sun Coming Down'
PUBLISHED Sep 17, 2015
Despite spending the majority of 2014 on tour, when Ought returned to Montreal in January to start work on the follow-up to their acclaimed...
Skepta
The Hoxton, Toronto ON, August 3
PUBLISHED Aug 4, 2015
Only a few hours after performing at this year's OVO Fest, London MC and Drake's last new friend Skepta made his way across Toronto for his...
Casey Veggies
Yonge & Dundas Square, Toronto ON, June 21
PUBLISHED Jun 22, 2015
Maybe it was the Vans-branded skate ramp at Yonge & Dundas Square, maybe it was the sunshine, or maybe it was the audience's excitement for...
Ty Dolla $ign
Yonge & Dundas Square, Toronto ON, June 21
PUBLISHED Jun 22, 2015
Even if you don't stay up to date on Top 40 hip-hop and R&B, there's a good chance that you've heard a Ty Dolla $ign song without realizing...
UNiiQU3
Danforth Music Hall, Toronto ON, June 20
PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2015
Charged with warming up the crowd before rising hometown MC Jazz Cartier and chart-dominating duo Rae Sremmurd, New Jersey DJ, producer, an...
Rae Sremmurd
Danforth Music Hall, Toronto ON, June 20
PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2015
One of this year's most anticipated NXNE shows, American rap duo Rae Sremmurd's Canadian debut sold out early, and the chants for the broth...
