Moscow Apartment Are Wise Beyond Their Years on 'Better Daughter' EP

Published Jul 07, 2020

Moscow Apartment can't be stopped. Since debuting in 2017 with the impossibly catchy "Annie," Brighid Fry and Pascale Padilla have been rele...

BTS Map of the Soul: 7

Published Feb 24, 2020

This year marks seven years that prolific K-pop unit BTS have been performing together. Fittingly titled, Map of the Soul: 7 is a reflective...

Allie X Cape God

Published Feb 19, 2020

It's hard to imagine any fan of Allie X's dark, shiny pop will be displeased with Cape God. The new record by the classically trained perfor...

Anyway Gang Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto ON, January 17

Published Jan 18, 2020

Musicians only get to play their "first show" once, unless, of course, they participate in the growing trend of forming supergroups with the...

Hollerado Danforth Music Hall, Toronto ON, December 13

Published Dec 14, 2019

Hollerado's final show on their retirement tour was the perfect goodbye after a decade full of confetti, white paint and peace signs.   It...

Dave Monks On a Wave

Published Oct 15, 2019

The new solo record from Tokyo Police Club frontman Dave Monks continues a streak of good-not-great releases from Team Monks that's likely t...

The Regrettes How Do You Love?

Published Jul 31, 2019

The Regrettes have never had trouble sounding twice their age, in terms of lyric writing and musical chops. This fact is more true than ever...

Red Velvet 'The ReVe Festival' Day 1

Published Jun 24, 2019

The new EP from K-pop stars Red Velvet feels like the first stage of a mind-bending magic trick. From the get go, opening track "Zimzalabim"...

Mounties Heavy Meta

Published May 02, 2019

Heavy Meta is a fascinating look at how writing an album for no one but yourself can go wrong. In theory, a deeply personal album that isn't...

Weezer Weezer (The Black Album)

Published Feb 27, 2019

After being teased nearly three years ago, before the middling Pacific Daydream and the head-scratching covers compilation, what Weezer have...

Little Junior Hi

Published May 08, 2018

Little Junior is early to the party for the inevitable wave of 2000s nostalgia. With the type of bratty pop punk that sounds like it belongs...

The Fratellis In Your Own Sweet Time

Published Mar 14, 2018

The Fratellis are one of those bands you know, even if you don't think you do, thanks to their track "Flathead" fuelling one of the early iP...

Hollerado / Little Junior / Calpurnia Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto ON, October 20

Published Oct 21, 2017

Whether the intimacy of the venue or the camaraderie between bands was the cause, Hollerado's Friday (October 20) show at the Horseshoe Tave...

Rostam Half-Light

Published Sep 22, 2017

Since leaving Vampire Weekend last year, producer-songwriter extraordinaire Rostam Batmanglij has been dipping his finger in a number of mus...

Beaches Second of Spring

Published Sep 01, 2017

Australian psych rock quintet Beaches present distorted yet ambient shoegaze on their whopping new 17-song double-LP, Second of Spring.  ...

Alt-J Relaxer

Published Jun 07, 2017

Don't mistake the title of Alt-J's third album, Relaxer, as any profound metaphor or for having some hidden meaning. In earnest, the title i...

Allie X CollXtion II

Published Jun 07, 2017

It's a golden age for Toronto-based synth pop music. If you need convincing, Allie X's first full-length release, CollXtion II, solidifies t...

Wavves You're Welcome

Published May 17, 2017

Between two full-length LPs in 2015 and a split single with Weezer last fall, Wavves have had a busy past couple of years. But some time awa...

Harry Styles Harry Styles

Published May 12, 2017

When One Directioner Harry Styles released his debut single, "Sign of the Times," last month, it was a genuine shocker. That the 23-year-old...

Incendies Try Not to Think About It

Published Apr 11, 2017

Oh, the mid-to-late 2000s. A time when the alt-rock fan lexicon was shifting from "emo" to "scene," and the lyrics of Taking Back Sunday dom...