Interview

Toronto's Lexxicon Joyfully Brings Queer Pride to Dancehall
PUBLISHED Aug 16, 2024
Lexxicon wants to leave as big a mark on dancehall as the genre has had on him. The Toronto musician may very well pull that off with...
'Alien: Romulus' Director Fede Álvarez Is Sick of Hollywood's Obsession with Opening Weekends
PUBLISHED Aug 15, 2024
"The [focus on] opening weekend is more based on the fact that most movies are terrible and they think you can hopefully fool people into...
k-os Celebrates the "Eureka Moment" of 'Joyful Rebellion' as Sophomore LP Turns 20
PUBLISHED Aug 13, 2024
k-os's second album was never supposed to happen. Despite having had some early success, Kevin Brereton named his 2002 debut album Exit, an...
Energy Slime Embrace Musical and Personal Transformation
PUBLISHED Aug 9, 2024
On the song "Negative Attention" from 'Planet Perfect' the wonderfully danceable full-length debut by Vancouver's Energy Slime, Jay Arner...
beabadoobee’s Music Remains an Insular World, Even as She Finds Fame: "I Was About to Shit Myself Every Second on Stage"
PUBLISHED Aug 7, 2024
When beabadoobee hit the road as one of the opening acts on Taylor Swift's Eras Tour, she figured she would get over her initial stage...
Inside the Cult of King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
PUBLISHED Aug 6, 2024
In 2019, it felt weird to see King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard two nights in a row. Living in Ottawa at the time, travelling to Toronto...
Fcukers Accidentally Become a Hype Band, Despite Being "Jaded with the Music Industry"
PUBLISHED Jul 31, 2024
"We're not going to be a press band," Fcukers bassist-keyboardist-producer Jackson Walker Lewis tells me over Zoom. The NYC trio of Lewis...
The Organ Recall the "Precarious Situation" of 'Grab That Gun' While Celebrating 20th-Anniversary Reissue
PUBLISHED Jul 23, 2024
Even devoted fans of the Organ might not have noticed that the eerie aughts post-punks had reissued their first and only full-length...