Articles by Ian Gormely

Ducks Unlimited

Get Bleak

PUBLISHED Dec 4, 2019

Jangle pop — that loose, chiming style of indie rock — is one of those genres that's easy to make, but deceptively hard to do well. Ducks U...

Beabadoobee

Space Cadet

PUBLISHED Nov 4, 2019

Bea Kristi loves the '90s. She's said as much in interviews, and embodies the decade's gives-no-fucks slacker aesthetic in a way that's les...

King Princess

Cheap Queen

PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2019

Mikaela Straus exudes confidence. You can see it in her interviews (like our recent cover story), music videos and now, on her debut album...

Saves the Day

Through Being Cool: TBC20

PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2019

By the time Saves the Day were recording their sophomore album, they were almost a completely different band, literally. Foreshadowing what...

King Princess Finds Her Zhuzh on Debut 'Cheap Queen'

PUBLISHED Oct 29, 2019

It takes 30 minutes, and several call apps to properly connect with Mikaela Straus. Sound is an issue, and she bristles at the choppy audio...

Taking Back Sunday

Tell All Your Friends

PUBLISHED Oct 11, 2019

Taking Back Sunday arrived at a particularly fortuitous moment. The early oughts were a heady time for bands spilling their guts over hooky...

Massive Attack

Meridian Hall, Toronto ON, September 18

PUBLISHED Sep 19, 2019

Massive Attack have never seemed particularly interested in nostalgia. Their music tends to speak to a particular moment or, in the case of...

Charli XCX

Charli

PUBLISHED Sep 13, 2019

It's taken Charli XCX five years to follow up her last proper studio album, 2014's Sucker. But the Charli that made that album is not the C...