Sister act HAIM, (not affiliated with Whoopi Goldberg) have been performing since childhood. However, not until the release of their 2012 EP, Forever, did surface as. Two albums later and coveted opening spots for artists like Florence and the Machine,…
At this year’s South by South West I felt an intense undercurrent of fem power running throughout the entire conference and festival. Flipping through the various programs for the different aspects of the conference (Film, Interactive, and Music), there were…
Cornell PhD student and rapper, Enongo Lumumba-Kasongonamed, named herself Sammus in honour of the famous Nintendo-based Metroid heroine, crafting music she refers to as “black girl nerd rap.” Hailing from Ithaca, New York, the talented artist headlined a set at Toronto’s…
Cited as the godfathers of both grunge and sludge metal — the former thanks to late friend, Kurt Cobain — The Melvins burst out of Montesano, Washington in the early 1980s. However, their stay was to be short-lived, leaving for…
This week we’re crushing on Alexis Lynn. Hailing from Vancouver, Alexis is a 19-year-old musical phenom. Professionally launching her career in 2015, Alexis won “Best Original Song” and “Audience Favourite” at The Star Experience Songwriting Competition. She was also a top…
Franz Ferdinand formed in Glasgow, Scotland in 2002. It didn’t take the band long to have their first hit. The post-punk revivalists hit #3 on the UK charts with Take Me Out, the second single of their sophomore self-titled album….
For over 20 years, singer-songwriter John Darnielle has fashioned his group, The Mountain Goats as one of the most literary acts around. In its current incarnation, the band played Toronto’s Phoenix Concert Theatre, gradually turning the venue into a non-stop…
Each person goes to a music festival such as Canadian Music Week (CMW) expecting something different. For me, my focus was the networking and one conference, “Meet the Festivals”. The key thing with such a monstrous event such as CMW,…