Several critically acclaimed albums on, Vancouver’s The New Pornographers, featuring the likes of alt-country singer Neko Case, Destroyer’s Dan Bejar, and bandleader AC Newman performed their debut Mass Romantic in celebration of its 21st anniversary. Entering to a welcoming crowd…
Black, white, and crimson red are colours that characterize Canadian musicians Sarah and Charlotte Command to a tee. As the energetic duo behind the Command Sisters, their edgy and buoyant pop paid a triumphant visit to Toronto’s El Mocambo theatre…
Fleece, the young, high-powered psych-rock quintet from Montreal, seamlessly blended elements of pop, grunge, and psych-rock to a spirited crowd at Toronto’s Velvet Underground. Touring their latest album Stunning & Atrocious, the energetic set felt like a vintage affair. Not…
Formed in 2004, Canada’s Holy Fuck have always played by their own rules. Led by Brian Borcherdt and Graham Walsh, along with bassist Matt McQuaid and drummer Matt Schulz, the electropop quartet have now offered up their latest single “Lost…
To talk about two-time Academy Award-nominated cinematographer Edward Lachman is to talk about his long-running creative partnership with director Todd Haynes. Responsible for the visual look of five of Hayne’s films (I’m Not Here, Far From Heaven, Carol), their latest…
Electric Treatment Free, the experimental electronic solo project of Ottawa musician/producer Mark Uygur, does not suffer fools lightly. The odds are good that most people will be off-put by his brand of musique concrète and knotty guitar etudes. For others,…
Bruce LaBruce may very well be Canada’s last punk artist. An iconoclastic filmmaker, photographer, and writer, he just can’t stop creating. Defiantly sexual, and often political, LaBruce’s filmography has found longstanding acclaim at home and abroad since his debut No…
There are some people, like myself, who consider Men Without Hats‘ “Safety Dance” to be one of the catchiest pop songs of the 1980s. Now four decades later, the Canadian band is still taking their trademark sound to unexpected places….
If there was ever a genre created for Norwegian rom-coms, then The Worst Person In The World might be its Citizen Kane. Yes, this is a great film. It’s also an exciting and unbridled one, offering a portrait of a devil-may-care…
Monday evening saw Liquid Media Group‘s in-person gala event, Big Splash, take place at Toronto’s iconic Windsor Arms Hotel. Hosted by Canadian actor Joshua Jackson (Dawson’s Creek, Dr. Death), the formal setting – which happily complied with COVID-19 protocols –…
New Zealand’s Jane Campion has been making world-class films for over 30 years. Although a decade has passed since her last full-length feature, The Power of the Dog marks a triumphant return and as potent a vision as she’s ever…
Children often see life much differently than adults do. Sometimes wide-eyed, but forever inquisitive. However, there also comes a time when every child discovers their world is not a gentle place, either. At the centre of Celine Sciamma’s quietly enchanting…