In 1996, Freddie Ross was a gay teenager graduating high school—the same year he first sang as a backup vocalist for his friend Katey Red, the prolific gay rapper from New Orleans’ Third Ward. Back then, Ross could not know that, twenty years later, Beyoncé—that Beyoncé—would be calling in hopes that Ross would record vocals […]

N0V3L NOVEL Flemish Eye N0V3L have made international waves with their debut, topping this year’s list in a psycho-post-punk fashion statement.  The album is just shy of 20 minutes but grows on the mind like a well-dressed fungus, so effortlessly re-listenable that the shorter run-length is hardly noticeable. The six-piece art collective capture a post-punk […]

1) Dave Psychodrama Neighbour The first time South London artist Dave toured Canada, he passed through Toronto with his counterpart AJ Tracey, both of whom were just starting to break out of the South London music scene. This fall, coming off the back of his Mercury Prize-winning debut album Psychodrama, playing to a sold-out audience […]

Rihanna began the decade with the vibrant and vivacious Loud (2010), her fifth album, and one that’s filled with the bright, fierce energy we’ve come to associate with its creator. Loud was a departure from its predecessor, Rated R, where Rihanna probed darker themes and found release through artistic self-expression. Yet the start of this […]

As 2020 rolls around, we pause to mark the end of a decade and celebrate the arrival of a new one. Lest an old acquaintance be forgot in the melee of merry making, hard rock icons Hellyeah will be hosting a series of seasonally apropos events with a dual purpose. Not only is the supergroup […]

For Australian singer-songwriter, Alex Cameron, his on-stage performance has always been a limitless playground for exploration. Despite masterfully adopting the twisted personas of washed up entertainers and deadbeat boomers, drowning in both insecurity and a frustrated libido, the man behind the mask is anything but distasteful.  Over the phone, his raspy, smokey voice is meditative […]

Rickshaw Theatre December 2, 2019 A smoky redness filled the stage, from which emerged a deafening throb that also seemed quite meditative.  The sonic equivalent of a giant fist punching downward from the sky, High On Fire let raw aggression take the wheel. With former TrapThem stickman Brad Fickeisen beating the skins of his drums […]

In 1996, Freddie Ross was a gay teenager graduating high school—the same year he first sang as a backup vocalist for his friend Katey Red, the prolific gay rapper from New Orleans’ Third Ward. Back then, Ross could not know that, twenty years later, Beyoncé—that Beyoncé—would be calling in hopes that Ross would record vocals […]

N0V3L NOVEL Flemish Eye N0V3L have made international waves with their debut, topping this year’s list in a psycho-post-punk fashion statement.  The album is just shy of 20 minutes but grows on the mind like a well-dressed fungus, so effortlessly re-listenable that the shorter run-length is hardly noticeable. The six-piece art collective capture a post-punk […]

1) Dave Psychodrama Neighbour The first time South London artist Dave toured Canada, he passed through Toronto with his counterpart AJ Tracey, both of whom were just starting to break out of the South London music scene. This fall, coming off the back of his Mercury Prize-winning debut album Psychodrama, playing to a sold-out audience […]

Rihanna began the decade with the vibrant and vivacious Loud (2010), her fifth album, and one that’s filled with the bright, fierce energy we’ve come to associate with its creator. Loud was a departure from its predecessor, Rated R, where Rihanna probed darker themes and found release through artistic self-expression. Yet the start of this […]

As 2020 rolls around, we pause to mark the end of a decade and celebrate the arrival of a new one. Lest an old acquaintance be forgot in the melee of merry making, hard rock icons Hellyeah will be hosting a series of seasonally apropos events with a dual purpose. Not only is the supergroup […]

For Australian singer-songwriter, Alex Cameron, his on-stage performance has always been a limitless playground for exploration. Despite masterfully adopting the twisted personas of washed up entertainers and deadbeat boomers, drowning in both insecurity and a frustrated libido, the man behind the mask is anything but distasteful.  Over the phone, his raspy, smokey voice is meditative […]

Rickshaw Theatre December 2, 2019 A smoky redness filled the stage, from which emerged a deafening throb that also seemed quite meditative.  The sonic equivalent of a giant fist punching downward from the sky, High On Fire let raw aggression take the wheel. With former TrapThem stickman Brad Fickeisen beating the skins of his drums […]