Articles by Rachel Evangeline Chiong

Laufey Was More Than Just Vibes in Toronto

Massey Hall, April 30

PUBLISHED May 1, 2024

How do you make a Laufey set interesting? When the highs are unassuming bossa nova bops and the lows are ballads gentle as falling snow, ho...

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...