At 86 years old, Willie Nelson is not only a music legend, he’s an institution. Spearheading another year of the Outlaw Music Festival, the country icon saw himself (and a trio of additional acts) perform at Toronto’s Budweiser Stage. First…
The Beatles deserved better than Yesterday. Despite the indelible song catalogue that fills the movie from beginning to end, director Danny Boyle has delivered a music industry fable that reduces the audience’s intelligence to embarrassing lows. The story of the…
Whether it’s your first time or your 50th time, visiting Los Angeles can be an unforgettable trip. For most, visions of sunshine and Hollywood spring to mind thanks to the pop-culture mythology it has long created. However, those wide-eyed beliefs merely scratch…
They say if you can remember the 1960s, you weren’t really there. Echo in the Canyon, the enchanting new film by Andrew Slater, thankfully skirts any potential memory lapses. Instead, it gathers expert witnesses of the flower power generation to…
*reviews by Angie Valente *photos by Myles Herod My most memorable Canadian Music Week festival experiences over the years have to be highlighted by what these music festivals have always been about for me, the bar hop and musical buffet…
Believe it or not, you might be a fan of Kid Koala and not even know it. Born Eric San, the renowned Canadian DJ has toured with Bjork and Radiohead, published graphic novels, and has composed music for such popular…
It has been said that documentaries serve as a powerful platform that brings important topics to the table – sparking discussion, and sometimes, even social movements. Consequently, seeing these experiences through the dedicated work of filmmakers helps put ourselves in…
A tornado of high-octane indie rock initiated a fervor at Toronto’s Phoenix Concert Theatre. As garage punk enthusiasts filled the venue, they were treated to a double shot of Fucked-Up and the Black Lips playing back-to-back sets of live-wire intensity….