Articles by Tom Beedham

Five Things to Know About Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith's Sprawling Concept Album 'The Kid'

PUBLISHED Oct 11, 2017

Experimental music's freshest pioneering synthesist, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, has delivered her fourth full-length, The Kid, and it's a heady...

Zola Jesus

Longboat Hall, Toronto ON, October 6

PUBLISHED Oct 7, 2017

Rising from hands and knees to backmasked vocals and the tolling drone swirl of "Veka," Zola Jesus appeared on the stage, arms outstretched...

​Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith Experiments with Self-Expression Inspired by Nature on 'The Kid'

PUBLISHED Oct 4, 2017

In the busy hands of L.A.-based synthesist and composer Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, rare hardware synthesizers unlock rich, vibrant universes hi...

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith

The Kid

PUBLISHED Oct 3, 2017

On her enchanting new double-album The Kid, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith delivers a sprawling coming-of-age story, each of its four sides covering...

METZ / Suuns / S.H.I.T.

Lee's Palace, Toronto ON, September 29

PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2017

On their freshly released Strange Peace, METZ go deep on feeling lost in the city they call home, and that's fair enough; rising rent and r...

Beliefs

Habitat

PUBLISHED Sep 26, 2017

What happens when condos close the clubs and skyrocketing rent sends artists couch surfing? What happens when guitars can't crank in the be...

Jean-Michel Blais

Festival de Musique Émergente, Rouyn-Noranda QC, September 3

PUBLISHED Sep 4, 2017

FME's acoustically pristine Agora des Arts set with Jean-Michel Blais's unamplified Yamaha began with a previously recorded message request...

Desjardins, on l'aime-tu!

Festival de Musique Émergente, Rouyn-Noranda QC, September 3

PUBLISHED Sep 4, 2017

After four packed days of genre averse programming, FME capped off celebrations of its 15-year anniversary with an ambitious, two-hour trib...