Articles by Ian Gormely

The Walking Dead: Season 4 [Blu-ray]

PUBLISHED Aug 26, 2014

Generally, horror doesn't get much respect. So the fact that The Walking Dead remains one of AMC's few prestige properties (right behind Ma...

Plastic Galaxy: the Story of Star Wars Toys

Brian Stillman

PUBLISHED Aug 26, 2014

Plastic Galaxy is niche even by the extreme standards of Star Wars. While the films and their lore continue to draw in new generations of f...

New Horizzzons

Trial By Fire

PUBLISHED Aug 26, 2014

Don't let the new age-y package of incense that houses this EP's download card fool you: New Horizzzons are a psych-rock band through and t...

Rich Aucoin

Under the Big Top

PUBLISHED Aug 19, 2014

Rich Aucoin is, for the first time in a long time, relaxed. The top hat has come off and the cane he twirls is leaning up against the door....

Cayetana

Nervous Like Me

PUBLISHED Aug 19, 2014

By its very nature, pop-punk is simple and to the point. And while that gives the genre the kind of immediacy that grabs listeners by the e...

Shimmering Stars

Bedrooms of the Nation

PUBLISHED Aug 14, 2014

Shimmering Stars built their reputation by marrying sinister lyrics with sunny, Everly Brothers melodies, then smearing the proceedings wit...

Rich Aucoin Gets in Sync with 'Ephemeral'

PUBLISHED Aug 11, 2014

Just as Rich Aucoin was releasing 2011's long-gestating We're All Dying to Live, the Halifax musician hinted that a new record was already...

Dikembe

Mediumship

PUBLISHED Aug 5, 2014

Today they're regarded as innovators, but most of emo's second-wave hated the term and did their best to distance themselves from it. This...