This interview first ran in October of 2021. 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…
South London quartet Dry Cleaning deserve the hype. Their breakthrough record, 2021’s New Long Leg, presents a tightly-wound anomaly, surreal and thrilling in its 42 minutes of post-punk. The exact kind of music that wouldn’t necessarily translate well to stage….
It’s been a busy month of May for multi-platinum American rapper 24kGoldn. Having scored massive chart success atop the Billboard Hot 100 with 2020’s “Mood” – as well as being named part of XXL’s influential Freshman Class – Goldn has…
Justin Kurzel, one of Australia’s leading filmmakers, has delivered a handful of memorable stories to the screen ranging from Macbeth to The True History Of The Kelly Gang. His latest, Nitram, captures a dark moment in modern Australian history. It’s…
Take your pick and call The Darkness what you like: Glam metal facsimiles, retrograde Queen quartet, you name it. Love them or hate them, one can only come to their own conclusions by seeing them live in concert. As it…
Eschewing the likes of a traditional, large-scale tour, Savanah, Georgia’s Baroness did what they do best. They got creative. Currently embarked on their Your Baroness – An Intimate Evening With Baroness trek across North America, the heavy metal quartet came…
As a band, Baroness play with conviction and power with good reason. Following a near-fatal bus crash in 2012, singer/guitarist/frontman John Baizley was forced to rebuild the act from scratch, forging ahead with a legacy of survival and catharsis. 10…
“Last time I was here in Toronto, I was a beautiful man” confessed Viagra Boys frontman Sebastian Murphy, shirtless and tattooed, to a sold-out Lee’s Palace. Hailing from Stockholm, Sweden’s punk scene, the physically adept six-piece delivered a thoroughly explosive…
Torontonians love Mitski. And, as it turns out, she loved Massey Hall and its sold-out crowd right back. The audience’s screams were undeniable. A recorded message by the singer (barely audible) reminded everyone to keep their masks on for the…
In 2015, big mountain freeskiers Jérémie Heitz and Sam Anthamatten conquered some of the most iconic mountain peaks in the Swiss Alps for a documentary entitled La Liste. Fast forward a few years and both men are back for its…