By: Jessica Nakamoto – Following the physical release of their ninth studio album, Afterburner, Sacramento’s Dance Gavin Dance have once again retuned to the top of the charts, a testament to the band’s fans-first mentality. With the pandemic having created logistical issues for their new album roll-out, the post-hardcore outfit could have easily chosen to delay … Continue reading
By: Allison Kugel – With his unmatched agility and speed in the water, Michael Phelps holds the all-time record for Olympic gold medals earned. The closest thing to Aquaman, on two legs, Phelps, like many pro-athletes who have reach his rarified status, was placed on a pedestal that was unsustainable. For more than a decade, Michael … Continue reading
By: Curtis Sindrey – As the coronavirus pandemic continues to dominate the world, the music photography community, along with the music industry as a whole, has been heavily impacted as music venues close and tours are postponed. With an end not quite in sight, photographers are forced to adapt to this “new normal” as they struggle to … Continue reading
By: Jessica Nakamoto – Based on the 2012 New York Times Bestselling novel of the same name, Mark Bomback’s thrilling rendition of Defending Jacob, is bound to become your next crime-drama obsession. Having made its global premiere on April 24 via the Apple TV+ streaming platform, the eight-episode miniseries flaunts an impressive cast with popular actors, … Continue reading
By: Curtis Sindrey – Canadian actor Michael Mando, who is best known as the fan favourite Nacho Varga, right hand man to the heir of the Salamanca empire, on AMC’s hit series Better Call Saul, returns with a new single, and an EP on the way. One fateful encounter in New York with Prince’s guitarist Michael “Fish” Herring sealed Mando’s desire … Continue reading
By: Jessica Nakamoto – Delivering a whopping total of 21 tracks and featuring guests ranging from multi-Juno award-winning songstress Alessia Cara to K-Pop supergroup BTS, the music world has been on the edge of its seat awaiting the much-anticipated debut album from rising pop star, Lauv. An independent artist, but no stranger to the big stage, … Continue reading
By: Curtis Sindrey – Moaning, the musical effort from vocalist/guitarist Sean Solomon, bassist/keyboardist Pascal Stevenson and drummer Andrew MacKelvie, will follow-up their 2018 self-titled debut with Uneasy Laughter via Sub Pop Records on March 20th. What happens when an abrasive rock trio trades guitars for synths, cranks up the beats and leans into the everyday anxieties of simply … Continue reading
By: Curtis Sindrey – Ellis – Hamilton, Ontario’s Linnea Siggelkow – will release her debut album, Born Again on April 3rd via Fat Possum. Produced by Jake Aron (Snail Mail, Solange, Grizzly Bear), Born Again arrives as the follow-up to Ellis’s debut EP The Fuzz—a self-released, self-produced effort. In a departure from the viscerally charged dream-pop of The Fuzz, … Continue reading
By: Curtis Sindrey – Dennis Hopper’s 1980s masterpiece Out of the Blue has been given the 4K restoration treatment and will be screened at this year’s SXSW. Discovery Productions, Inc. (John Alan Simon and Elizabeth Karr) finished the 4K digital restoration in August 2019, and have since organized a successful Kickstarter helped fund the project. Simon and Karr … Continue reading
By: Allison Kugel – How did a child growing up in poverty in the small mining town in Timmins, Ontario, Canada emerge to become the best-selling female recording artist in history? It’s a question that often rolls through Shania Twain’s mind. Throughout the course of my in-depth conversation with Shania in which we cover everything from … Continue reading
