Articles by Shannon T. Boodram

Ciara

Independence Day

PUBLISHED Aug 6, 2013

This has been an interesting year for Ciara Princess Harris: her album was delayed then finally renamed; she dropped a couple of not-so-suc...

Maylee Todd

A Truly Great Escape

PUBLISHED Apr 17, 2013

No chicken suits, horny robots or exploding prisms — Maylee Todd wears tapered track pants, too many bracelets and a t-shirt she desi...

Lady

PUBLISHED Mar 8, 2013

Lady is a soul and funk duo of American Nicole Wray and Brit Terri Walker, who found some commercial success in their home countries, but n...

Lady

Lady

PUBLISHED Mar 5, 2013

This is the self-titled debut album from American Billboard-charting Nicole Wray and UK chart-topper Terri Walker. After both finding comme...

Jamie Lidell

Jamie Lidell

PUBLISHED Feb 18, 2013

The first thing you're going to do after hitting play on Jamie Lidell's self-titled album is slide across the floor and rip off your shirt....

Joseph & the Mercurials / Saturns

Bite, Toronto, ON, February 15

PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2013

Toronto's newest punk palace, Bite, almost sets the tone entirely for you: it's retro-pub-styled picnic area surrounded by paintings of hal...