reviews

Bootblacks Were a Machine at Terminus Fest

Dickens Pub, July 26

PUBLISHED Jul 31, 2024

Brooklyn's Bootblacks have a reputation for near non-stop touring, and they flaunted their performing prowess at Terminus Fest...

Digital Poodle Brought the Dream of the '80s to Life at Terminus Fest

Dickens Pub, July 25

PUBLISHED Jul 31, 2024

In a lineup full of young, fresh faces in the industrial scene, Toronto's Digital Poodle crashed Terminus Fest with an unexpected reunion ...

Urban Heat Played into the Future at Terminus Fest

Dickens Pub, July 25

PUBLISHED Jul 31, 2024

Trends come and trends go, but every once in a while you realize you're watching a band that's about to break out. That could be the case ...

Leith Ross Was a (Too Quiet) Storm at Winnipeg Folk Fest

Green Ash Stage, July 13

PUBLISHED Jul 30, 2024

Some tent in the festival campground, staying up all night and missing the music the next day; some come exclusively to hear their ...

Sean Leon Keeps Listeners Wanting More on Addictive "WHAT IS HAPPENING?"

Exclaim! Staff Picks

PUBLISHED Jul 26, 2024

Sean Leon's "WHAT IS HAPPENING?" could easily have been a funk banger. All the pieces are there: a shimmying synth bass, choppy strums of ...

Respire's 'Hiraeth' Is Pure Sound and Fury

PUBLISHED Jul 26, 2024

Respire are a difficult band to categorize. While certain parts are somewhat easy to parse out — they're a diverse collective that fuses ...

'Doubles' Looks at a Toronto Through a New Lens

Directed by Ian Harnarine

PUBLISHED Jul 26, 2024

In 'Doubles,' we're first introduced to the titular Trinidadian food by Dhani (Sanjiv Boodu), a young Trinidadian street vendor who is fed...

Just Like the Real Year 2000, Ice Spice's 'Y2K!' Is a Big Buildup to a Bit of a Letdown

PUBLISHED Jul 26, 2024

The Y2K phenomenon was a big buildup to something that turned out to be an over-hyped anticlimax. In the months before the millennium...