Would you want to live forever, given the chance? Better yet, what about the idea of uploading your life’s memories to a computer so your grandchildren’s children can meet you one day? Well, director Ann Shin’s exploration of technology and the…
Some say music is the soundtrack to our lives. If that’s in fact true, then the weird and wonderful sounds of Sparks (brother iconoclasts Russell and Ron Mael) have certainly found their way onto more than one Spotify playlist. Commencing their careers…
With the stage set and Toronto’s twinkling cityscape filling the night sky, the grounds at the OLG Play Stage filled up on Sept. 30 to watch Montreal’s Sam Roberts Band put on a show that had everyone honking their…
Country music singer-songwriter Dean Brody performed at the OLG Play Stage in Toronto on Saturday night (Sept. 26th). Hailing from Smithers, British Columbia – and the recipient of 16 CCMA Awards and 2 JUNO Awards – the Canadian country…
Gary Topp has had quite the life. As one of Toronto’s premier rock promoters and tastemakers of the 1970s and 1980s, he along with his business partner, Gary Cormier (known as The Garys), introduced Toronto audiences to acts like The…
In what has been an annual Labor Day tradition in the Quebec town of Rouyn-Noranda for nearly two decades, the Festival de musique émergente, also known as FME, is still set to go ahead from Sept. 3rd through Sept. 5th. Celebrating…
Behind the moniker, Little Warrior is actually composer Lex Casciato, originally from “Steel City” Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. That her alias fills one’s head with curiosity is no accident; Ms. Casciato has worked hard from her humble beginnings to the artist she is…
Since the beginning of June, thousands-upon-thousands have gathered in Toronto and throughout the rest of Canada in solidarity for anti-racism protests, chiefly organized by the Black Lives Matter movement. Even with the noise of helicopters, media outlets, and detractors, the…
Sometimes a familiar sound on record is better than any “mature” work laboured over for far too long. Such is the case with the Flowers For Dystopia, the latest single from Les Techno – a New York-based musician with an…
In the world of Canadian hip-hop, FleshxFur is one of Victoria, British Columbia’s best-kept secrets. The man behind the hairy moniker, John Welch, is a Brampton, Ontario native who, like so many others before him, became entranced by the call…
Omar Doom is a name you don’t forget. A fact made even truer when you finally put a face to the name. Best remembered for his memorable turn as Private First Class Omar Ulmer in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Basterds, the Pennsylvania-born…
Few rappers today can match the knotty wordplay of Rapsody. Most wouldn’t try. It was as a young woman growing up in North Carolina that female-led rap and R&B collided with her formative years. The sounds of Aaliyah, Queen Latifah,…