Liverpool’s King Hannah is a band with a fully-formed sound that seemingly came out of nowhere. Led by the duo Hannah Merrick and Craig Whittle, their debut, I’m Not Sorry, I’m Just Being Me is an Americana-tinted, slowcore amalgamation that…
It’s been 23 years since Slipknot broke out of Iowa with their horror masks and aggressive metal machine music. Having built an enormous audience – never more apparent than at Toronto’s outdoor Budweiser Stage – the band has channelled sentiments…
Vocalist Hannah Merrick and guitarist Craig Whittle – better known as Liverpool dream-pop duo King Hannah – deliver cavernous sounds given their minimalistic design. Since their 2022 debut, I’m Not Sorry, I Was Just Being Me (an LP steeped in…
South London quartet Dry Cleaning deserve the hype. Their breakthrough record, 2021’s New Long Leg, presents a tightly-wound anomaly, surreal and thrilling in its 42 minutes of post-punk. The exact kind of music that wouldn’t necessarily translate well to stage….
It’s been a busy month of May for multi-platinum American rapper 24kGoldn. Having scored massive chart success atop the Billboard Hot 100 with 2020’s “Mood” – as well as being named part of XXL’s influential Freshman Class – Goldn has…
Take your pick and call The Darkness what you like: Glam metal facsimiles, retrograde Queen quartet, you name it. Love them or hate them, one can only come to their own conclusions by seeing them live in concert. As it…
As a band, Baroness play with conviction and power with good reason. Following a near-fatal bus crash in 2012, singer/guitarist/frontman John Baizley was forced to rebuild the act from scratch, forging ahead with a legacy of survival and catharsis. 10…
In 2015, big mountain freeskiers Jérémie Heitz and Sam Anthamatten conquered some of the most iconic mountain peaks in the Swiss Alps for a documentary entitled La Liste. Fast forward a few years and both men are back for its…
Black, white, and crimson red are colours that characterize Canadian musicians Sarah and Charlotte Command to a tee. As the energetic duo behind the Command Sisters, their edgy and buoyant pop paid a triumphant visit to Toronto’s El Mocambo theatre…
Formed in 2004, Canada’s Holy Fuck have always played by their own rules. Led by Brian Borcherdt and Graham Walsh, along with bassist Matt McQuaid and drummer Matt Schulz, the electropop quartet have now offered up their latest single “Lost…