Articles by Rachel Evangeline Chiong
glass beach Go for Broke on 'plastic death'
PUBLISHED Jan 16, 2024
Emerging from the watery depths a half decade after their debut, glass beach's plastic death is a monolith of an album, narratively entwine...
Decoration Day's 'Makeshift Future' Turns Life's Uncertainities into a Comforting Hug
PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2020
Decoration Day's debut album, Makeshift Future, is a reflection of life's inevitable uncertainty. This theme hits close to home in the fall...
Casey MQ Celebrates and Interrogates the Glamour of '90s Boy Band Pop on 'babycasey'
PUBLISHED Aug 17, 2020
Casey MQ's solo debut record, babycasey, drops familiar '90s tropes like a time machine, but with a message as personal and reflective as a...
Edmonton's Mallory Chipman & the Mystics Obliterate Genre on Shapeshifting 'Aquarian'
PUBLISHED May 26, 2020
Edmonton five-piece Mallory Chipman & the Mystics whisk their listeners through Aquarian — an unapologetic, constantly shapeshifting, colou...
Breakups Never Sounded so Good as on Best Ex's 'Good at Feeling Bad'
PUBLISHED May 21, 2020
Best Ex deliver an EP of anthems for the greyer times of this season. Described by project mastermind Mariel Loveland as the "greatest hits...
Toronto Ensemble Pantayo Revolutionize the World of Filipino Percussion on Debut Album
PUBLISHED May 5, 2020
Pantayo's self-titled debut album is a feast of relaxed synth, '80s pop ballad melodies, and the solemn ringing of their kulintang ensemble...
T. Gowdy's 'Therapy With Colour' Will Massage Your Brain and Improve Your Focus
PUBLISHED Apr 27, 2020
If you confine Therapy with Colour to the nebulous "concentration music" genre, you'll find yourself knee-deep in droning, 3-hour-long YouT...
LOONY Showcases Her Many Sides on Cinematic 'JOYRiDE' EP
PUBLISHED Apr 23, 2020
Scarborough musician LOONY is striking into 2020 still ablaze from the success of her 2018 EP Part 1. Coming after a year of singles, her J...
