Some artists spend their lives mythologized by others. Few take the risk of narrating their story themselves. Simon Raymonde has always been the quiet engine behind some of the most influential sounds of the late twentieth century, shaping entire textures of dream pop through his work with Cocteau Twins and shepherding new voices into the world as the founder of Bella Union.
Emerging from the convergence of dance, performance, and experimental pop, Rodney Chrome has quickly become one of the most exciting multi-hyphenate voices reshaping the contours of contemporary music.
Alemeda is learning to let go of being right. “I used to think I knew everything,” she admits, “Turns out I really didn’t.”
Reinvention does not require losing sight of the past. Embracing your roots and returning to what feels like home, physically or emotionally, can revive familiarity with newfound perspective and inspiration.
Ethel Cain’s Willoughby Tucker Forever Tour descended on Toronto this week, taking over the Queen Elizabeth Theatre for the first of two sold-out nights.
Pushing past her fears and putting her heart on the line, Wisp is witnessing her childhood fantasies come to fruition in real-time.
Public Circuit treats the dance floor like a place of worship. Think of a church rebuilt from sweat and distortion: strobe lights as stained glass, the crowd as congregation.
Toronto has always thrived on contradictions. It’s the type of music city that, in the late 2000s, birthed the distinct nihilistic electro-punk sounds of Crystal Castles and by the mid-2010s, gave rise to Drake who turned Toronto into the global capital of moody rap.
Annie-Claude Deschenes, a mainstay in Montreal’s independent music scene, has come out with a new single “Main de Fer,” a reflection on urban isolation with an infectious beat.
Summer’s end bears a myriad of emotions. Wistfulness and longing, the anticipation of the changing of the seasons, finding calm in closure, and nostalgia for the months behind us.