21 June 2019
James Ehnes plays the Korngold Concerto (& the TSO plays Carmina Burana)
By Kelly Bedard // Music
James Ehnes is a thrilling violinist, a brilliant technician who…
11 June 2019
The TSO plays “Modern Broadway”
By Kelly Bedard // Music
When conductor Steven Reineke led the Toronto Symphony Orchestra through the Phantom of the Opera overture to kick off Monday night’s performance of “Modern Broadway”- the first of four performances …
05 April 2019
The TSO’s Best of Hollywood
By Kelly Bedard // Music
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra is world-class and their recent infusion of young new players really livens things up down at Roy Thomson Hall (always a fun venue to visit). I’m …
02 May 2018
“Music Theatre”: Picnic in the Cemetery
By Chelsea Dinsmore // Music
Billed as “music theatre”, Njo Kong Kie’s first production in his residency with Canadian Stage is more of a concert with multimedia aspects than it is a piece of theatre. …
11 March 2018
nothing,nowhere. – Reaper
By Jace Hijazi // Music
This was a huge grower. On first listen I was ready to write it off as “better than Peep, worse than Wicca”, which I now see is wrong – he’s …
07 March 2018
Joey Niceforo- “Winner Takes It All”
By Anya Wassenberg // Music
“Winner Takes All” is the ABBA favourite you think you know – you think so, that is, until you hear the latest version by singer Joey Niceforo. Joey is a …
04 March 2018
Lisa Nicole- Come Find Me
By Anya Wassenberg // Music
Clear, sweet vocals and a resourceful sense of seizing opportunity by the horns has gotten singer songwriter Lisa Nicole across the country a couple of times, and it’s done so …
17 February 2018
Baths- Romaplasm
By Jace Hijazi // Music
Romaplasm is an album I’ve been waiting for for a long time. I don’t mean just as a followup to his landmark masterpiece, Obsidian (also my AOTY in 2013), but …
28 January 2018
Corbin- Mourn
By Jace Hijazi // Music
Corbin (formerly Spooky Black/Lil Spook) was my big surprise hit of 2017. His past material was enjoyable despite the laughable lyrics and aesthetic, but his low-pulse sadboi trap&B style wasn’t …
06 December 2017
The Two Hadestowns
By Saiya Floyd // Music
Listening to Anaïs Mitchell’s gorgeous Hadestown recordings is the perfect way to spend a dark cold winter’s night. As of 2017, there are two recordings of Hadestown, a folk musical take …
20 November 2017
The New New Space Wizards Demo
By Anya Wassenberg // Music
New York City-based David Jacobson and The New Space Wizards have released a new demo, a follow up to their 2016 EP Psychedelica Revisited. The new demo was recorded with …
16 November 2017
The New Converge Album Sucks (but take my opinion with a spoonful of salt)
By Jace Hijazi // Music
Rather than spend time writing a review of the new Converge album…
19 September 2017
Simcoe- Roads to Rivers
By Anya Wassenberg // Music
Roads to Rivers is the second release from indie pop-rockers Simcoe. The new EP sees the band continuing down the road of moody and melodic songwriting that they began on their …
22 July 2017
My Top 10 of 2017 So Far
By Jace Hijazi // Music
We’re just past the halfway point of the year, and I wanted to share which releases I feel are frontrunners for my year end list. As well, this way people …
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