Photographs by Randall Vasquez. “Thank you, Toronto. I hope it wasn’t too fucking weird for ya.” This was how experimental throat singer Tanya Tagaq ended her Panamania set an hour before The Roots arrived in…
SKEPTA, Tre Mission, Louie P. at The Hoxton
August 6, 2015
Photographs by Sarah Rix. Rumours. An instagram picture with the number 6 posted on it. Yes, there were a few things going around that persuaded hip hop enthusiasts to cram their way into the tiny…
Tori Kelly - Unbreakable Smile
August 1, 2015
Final rating: 7.2/10 This is a fighter. This is an absolute brawler we have in our midst. Tori Kelly seems to have exploded from our of the blue, and already her vocal work is being…
Photographs by Rick Clifford. The Pan Am games have either been a massive success or a ho-hum experience depending on who you talk to. If it has been a glossed over bore, that may have…
Tame Impala - Currents
July 18, 2015
Final Rating: 8.3/10 “Tell my mother I’m sorry”. Kevin Parker leaves the scene like Josh Brolin’s character in No Country for Old Men with a messaged passed on to his parent in the song Let…
The Wolfpack (2015)
July 10, 2015
Final Rating: 8.1/10 A group of boys appeared on 20/20 last month, and they discussed their lives. This kind of show is named this way to represent the way it opens your eyes to the…
Photographs by Dakota Arsenault. On the TTC ride home, a group of inebriated, partying women sang a slew of songs by The Spice Girls. The doors opened at a major stop, and a gang of…
Death Grips at the Danforth Music Hall
July 4, 2015
Photographs by Neil Van. Three times. I was supposed to see Death Grips three times last year. They supposedly broke up, and I even devoted a tribute article to their legacy. Legacy shmegacy; They never…
Inside Out (2015)
June 28, 2015
Final Rating: 9.6/10 Wall-E. Up. Ratatouille. Toy Story. Finding Nemo. These are the battle of technology, limitations, culture, self worth and the very world one lives in. Pixar has managed to, time and time again,…