Interview

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  Saya Gray Is Remaking Pop in Her Own Image

  PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2025

  "This is the first time in my life that I'm not chaotic," Saya Gray tells me without ceasing movement. She's pacing back and forth on Zoom...

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  Horsegirl Have Changed Everything, Except for "Friendship, Connection and Love"

  PUBLISHED Feb 13, 2025

  Horsegirl have moved on to greener pastures: the last couple of years have seen big changes for singer-guitarists Penelope Lowenstein and...

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  Owen Pallett Reflects on 20 Years of Final Fantasy's 'Has a Good Home,' Their Most "Unabashedly Pretty" Work

  PUBLISHED Feb 12, 2025

  The mid-'00s were the halcyon days of indie rock, when seemingly no instrumental idea was considered too over-the-top: it was a time when...

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  Toronto Maple Leafs Reveal Their Off-Ice Musical Pursuits

  PUBLISHED Feb 11, 2025

  When I arrive at the Toronto Maple Leafs practice facility in Toronto, the rink is empty. When I'd visited in the past, a sea of players in...

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  Meet the Guy Fighting the Algorithm and Forcing Music Lovers Out of Their Comfort Zones

  PUBLISHED Feb 10, 2025

  The internet was supposed to end the monoculture — but instead it only consolidated taste, algorithms creating the illusion of choice while...

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  'Bring Them Down' Director Christopher Andrews Wonders If "We're Losing a Sense of Morality"

  PUBLISHED Feb 7, 2025

  "Once you start a war, what does it take to finish a war?" writer and director Christopher Andrews ponders, recalling this question as form...

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  From Floods to Fires, Spiritbox Brave the Storm

  PUBLISHED Feb 4, 2025

  The waters never seem to calm for Spiritbox. The Victoria, BC-founded group are one of the fastest-rising acts in modern metal, with their...

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  Sook-Yin Lee Honours Sex Work in "the City That Farts"

  PUBLISHED Jan 31, 2025

  "I call Toronto the city that farts. As opposed to Vancouver — that is the city of urine. In Vancouver, all the back alleys smell like...