Music

Basia Bulat’s emotional rollercoaster

“I don’t want to think about it / I won’t sing about it / I promise not to think about love,” Basia Bulat, the Toronto-born folky singer-songwriter, croons on her…

Soulful songs and twangy tunes at Sugar

I glanced behind me several times for the first couple hours of the night. This guy looked familiar, but I couldn’t pin my finger on why that was. That bright…

Strum along with The Strumbellas

Canadian folk band shares their success

Q&A: Thomas Thacker from Gob

Simply put, Thomas Thacker is Canadian pop-punk royalty. The 40-year-old Vancouver native has been rocking with his band Gob for over 20 years, while also holding down guitar in Ajax,…

Sketchbook: Grace Islet Concert

Sounds inspired by Bohemia

Had you told me I’d be contemplating bohemian life on a boat in the Inner Harbour while taking a breather from a boho-gypsy-folk-punk concert, I would have never believed you.…

New Caribou album simply indispensable

“Can’t Do Without You” has only been around for a couple of months, but it already feels like one of the best songs of the decade.

This Ought to be good

Audience members already familiar with Ought’s debut album, More Than Any Other Day, on Constellation Records, got to hear the record front to back in a live setting. This approach…

SBTRKT: Wonder Where We Land

Wonder Where We Land, the second album from SBTRKT, has a long list of collaborators; Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig and rapper A$AP Ferg are but a few artists collaborating on…