reviews

Devours Brought Connection and Belonging to Terminus Fest
Dickens Pub, July 28
PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2024
What does it mean to belong? At Terminus Fest, Devours showed us the answer. Originally from Nanaimo, Jeff Cancade launched Devours after...
'Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa' Scales the Heights of the Human Condition
Directed by Lucy Walker
PUBLISHED Jul 31, 2024
A touching and poignant story of female empowerment, 'Lucy Walker's Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa' follows the journey...
The Moving 'Sing Sing' Hits All the Right Notes
Directed by Greg Kwedar
PUBLISHED Jul 31, 2024
Greg Kwedar's Sing Sing delivers a beautifully tender yet aching portrait of incarcerated men who use the transformative power of art to pr...
Bootblacks Were a Machine at Terminus Fest
Dickens Pub, July 26
PUBLISHED Jul 31, 2024
Brooklyn's Bootblacks have a reputation for near non-stop touring, and they flaunted their performing prowess at Terminus Fest...
Digital Poodle Brought the Dream of the '80s to Life at Terminus Fest
Dickens Pub, July 25
PUBLISHED Jul 31, 2024
In a lineup full of young, fresh faces in the industrial scene, Toronto's Digital Poodle crashed Terminus Fest with an unexpected reunion ...
Urban Heat Played into the Future at Terminus Fest
Dickens Pub, July 25
PUBLISHED Jul 31, 2024
Trends come and trends go, but every once in a while you realize you're watching a band that's about to break out. That could be the case ...
Leith Ross Was a (Too Quiet) Storm at Winnipeg Folk Fest
Green Ash Stage, July 13
PUBLISHED Jul 30, 2024
Some tent in the festival campground, staying up all night and missing the music the next day; some come exclusively to hear their ...
Sean Leon Keeps Listeners Wanting More on Addictive "WHAT IS HAPPENING?"
Exclaim! Staff Picks
PUBLISHED Jul 26, 2024
Sean Leon's "WHAT IS HAPPENING?" could easily have been a funk banger. All the pieces are there: a shimmying synth bass, choppy strums of ...