Articles by Tom Beedham

Austra Finds Her "Dream Project" in Rewriting Tchaikovsky

PUBLISHED Sep 29, 2023

Katie Stelmanis was in a rut.  In May 2020, the Toronto musician also known by her middle name, Austra, delivered her fourth studio album,...

myst milano. Forges Through the Fakery on 'Beyond the Uncanny Valley'

PUBLISHED Aug 23, 2023

"I offer Beyond the Uncanny Valley as a working anthology of Black electronic music across generational, geographical and genre lines," Tor...

aja monet's 'when the poems do what they do' Is a Roadmap to Somewhere Greater

PUBLISHED Jun 5, 2023

In a 2017 interview with gal-dem, aja monet said, "I don't share things for you to understand or feel me, I'm sharing something so that we...

Devours' Glittering 'Homecoming Queen' Welcomes You into Its Complicated Alienation

PUBLISHED May 8, 2023

Homecoming isn't for everyone. A heavily ritualized institutional ceremony loaded with the bombast and myth-building of parades and faux-mi...

Harrison Pushes Beyond the Material World on 'Birds, Bees, the Clouds & the Trees'

PUBLISHED Apr 27, 2023

Harrison's third full length introduces itself with a cloud of vinyl crackle and hiss — a language anyone who's dropped the needle on the o...

Caroline Polachek Welcomed Toronto to Her Island

Queen Elizabeth Theatre, April 17

PUBLISHED Apr 18, 2023

Shoulders back and head straight, Caroline Polachek strode across the volcanic stage set at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre like it was a runwa...

The Killers Channelled Their Idols at Self-Described "Superspreader Event" in Toronto

Scotiabank Arena, September 23

PUBLISHED Sep 24, 2022

"We hope you enjoy your stay / It's good to have you with us / Even if it's just for the day." Standing preacher-like at a keyboard console...

Courtney Barnett's Everyday Observations Took on New Meanings in Toronto

Massey Hall, September 14

PUBLISHED Sep 15, 2022

Warming up the room and establishing the material conditions of the occasion, Courtney Barnett opened her Massey Hall performance with the...