Articles by Tom Beedham

Eric Chenaux

Skullsplitter

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

For the uninitiated, the wide-wobbling and out-of-step guitar sounds that dominate the first minute and 22 seconds of Skullsplitter might s...

​Duchess Says

Special Blend

PUBLISHED Oct 31, 2016

Duchess Says are at the beginning of a world tour in support of their new record, Sciences Nouvelles, when singer Annie-Claude Deschênes dr...

Five Elements That Shaped the Duchess Says Record 'Sciences Nouvelles'

PUBLISHED Oct 31, 2016

With eyes blazing and fingers flashing as she prowls stages and wades into audiences on the shoulders of fans to deliver the bizarre sermon...

Jenny Hval

Drake Underground, Toronto ON, October 7

PUBLISHED Oct 8, 2016

Last night (October 7), draped in a midnight black satin cloak, Oslo avant-garde artist Jenny Hval channelled the vampires she sings about...

Brigitte Bardon't

Longboat Hall, Toronto ON, September 29

PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2016

Gear strewn across a plastic mat on the dance floor, under some glimmering projection light, Kristel Jax opened the more intimate night of...

Jeremy Gara

Longboat Hall, Toronto ON, September 29

PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2016

The sounds Jeremy Gara debuted on his March-released solo album exist parallel to his work as a drummer in Canada's biggest rock export. Co...

Kara-Lis Coverdale

Longboat Hall, Toronto ON, September 29

PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2016

Shrouded in darkness, Kara-Lis Coverdale played to a rapt audience that mostly opted to sit cross-legged on the floor. Digging deep into he...

Sjamsoedin

The Great Hall, Toronto ON, September 28

PUBLISHED Sep 29, 2016

The audience was pretty thinned out by the time Amsterdam DJ Sjam Sjamsoedin took the stage for a late-night set on FORMS' main stage, but...