music reviews

La Force Finds the Eye of the Storm with "protection"

Exclaim! Staff Picks

PUBLISHED Oct 2, 2024

It was befitting that the album artwork for La Force's great 2023 album 'XO SKELETON' was a black and white image of Ariel Engle covered in...

SOPHIE's Posthumous Self-Titled Is a Bittersweet Party

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2024

It's been almost four years since SOPHIE's death. The experimental producer and rising avant-garde pop star was unlike anyone we'd seen...

Drug Church Continue Their Ascent on 'PRUDE'

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2024

Longevity is hard to come by for most hardcore bands, and understandably so. Many struggle to harness and maintain the ethos and style...

TEKE::TEKE Converted the Non-Believers at Highlands

Camp Walden, September 28

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2024

The audience refused to leave at the end of Montreal psych-rock band TEKE::TEKE's performance at Highlands. A surging ovation carried...

At Highlands Music Festival, Georgia Harmer Cherished the Minutiae

Camp Walden, September 28

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2024

Georgia Harmer and her band couldn't decide whether to keep their sunglasses on during their early-evening performance at Highlands...

Jonah Yano Made Thought Tangible at Highlands Music Festival

Camp Walden, September 27

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2024

The music at Highlands Music Festival is carefully scheduled at three stages littered across Camp Walden. There is the Main Stage...

Skratch Bastid and Friends Brought the Bounce to POP Montreal

Marche des Possible, September 28

PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2024

At the top of his set at Skratch Bastid's BBQ cookout, DJ Nu-Mark hilariously recollected having "bottles thrown on me by Green Day ...

Nabihah Iqbal Was a Dream at POP Montreal

Rialto Theatre, September 28

PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2024

I was excited to settle down and witness what I considered one of POP Montreal 2024's strongest bookings — London-born producer, songwriter...