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Hugh Laurie is a funny guy. If his role alongside Rowan Atkinson and Stephen Fry on Blackadder didn’t convince you of that, just see Laurie in concert. His stage banter is remarkable – a reminder…
Photographs by Sarah Rix Get ready to fall in love with St. Lucia. It’s almost inevitable that it’s going to happen; Jean-Philip Grobler’s take on tropical electro-pop is that good. Opening for Two Door Cinema…
Photographs by Sarah Rix By the time I arrived at the Danforth Music Hall, Peace were already in the midst of their Canadian debut. It was a long time coming – they had originally been…
Photographs by Sarah Rix It was two days of Two Door Cinema Club shows in Toronto, and they seemed to have one of the hottest tickets in town. With the trio making the kind of…
Photographs by Sarah Rix The 1975 exist in an interesting place in pop music right now. While they’ve been around for over a decade, there’s been a recent surge in popularity – undoubtedly helped by…
British indie pop trio London Grammar performs at the Great Hall in Toronto. Thanks Live Nation Ontario for media access.
When I last saw White Lies back in 2011 on the heels of Rituals, I commended them on a spectacular sounding live show. The band sounded fantastic, lively, and polished. But there was also a…
The recurring thought when seeing Bastille is: “Man, that guy can sing.” On record, vocalist Dan Smith can come off as almost too clean; a manufactured part of the pop music machine that’s churned out…
Photographs by Sarah Rix Even as a small child I could appreciate Aaron Carter’s camp value. The rap rhyming, the dance moves, the bad hair, the songs about teenage partying… Through my adolescent worldview and…
