Articles by Ian Gormely

Model/Actriz Brought the Tension to Toronto

The Garrison, October 18

PUBLISHED Oct 19, 2023

Before Dogsbody — Model/Actriz's debut album that's become an under-the-radar pick for album of the year — the Brooklyn band cut their teet...

Metric Turned a Church into a Studio and Indulged Their Wickedest Musical Whims

PUBLISHED Oct 12, 2023

Impulse purchases were all the rage in 2020. Some people got dogs, others bought cottages. Metric bought a church in small-town Ontario and...

Chappell Roan Gets Hot, Heavy and Heartbroken on 'The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess'

PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2023

Chappell Roan likes to get down, in every sense of the phrase. On her very danceable debut album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess,...

yeule Is Beginning to Heal on 'softscars'

PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2023

You could be forgiven if you'd assumed that electronic musician yeule was just the latest upgrade in the music industry's quest to build a...

Pantayo Explore the Limitless Possibilities of Kulintang Music: "There Is Space for People Like Us"

PUBLISHED Jun 9, 2023

It took years of learning and experimentation to produce the eight songs on Pantayo's debut album. While it was in many ways the culminatio...

blink-182 Brought Dick Jokes (and Just Enough Depth) to Toronto

Scotiabank Arena, May 11

PUBLISHED May 12, 2023

So many dick jokes. There's a reason that The Mark, Tom and Travis Show, blink-182's lone live album, is named after each of the band's thr...

Wavves x Cloud Nothings

No Life for Me

PUBLISHED Apr 11, 2023

After teasing their collaboration for several months, Wavves' Nathan Williams and Cloud Nothings' Dylan Baldi decided to drop No Life for M...

U.S. Girls Settled into a New Shape in Toronto

Drake Underground, April 8

PUBLISHED Apr 9, 2023

Three songs into U.S. Girls' Saturday night set at Drake Underground, Meg Remy shot keyboard player Georgie Gordon a look, one that suggest...