reviews

Jamboree Mourn the Salad Days on 'Summerland'

PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2024

It rises from the prairie landscape as a defiant obelisk. Two sixteen-story towers joined together by an all-embracing tropical atrium ...

Islands Sail into the Sunset on 'What Occurs'

PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2024

There's a sense of finality floating on the sun-warmed waters of 'What Occurs,' the tenth album by Islands, the near two-decade-old ...

Yorgos Lanthimos's 'Kinds of Kindness' Is a Poor Thing

Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos

PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2024

There's never a dull moment in the cinematic mind of Yorgos Lanthimos — but that doesn't always result in decipherable work. A modern fable...

ML Buch Dissolved Membranes and Charged Molecules in Toronto

Longboat Hall, June 25

PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2024

ML Buch is a rock star. The Danish composer, producer and songwriter's Tuesday night performance at Longboat Hall — her second-ever ...

Kehlani Is Living Well on the Careening 'Crash'

PUBLISHED Jun 25, 2024

These days, our main pop girls work in feedback loops. They live in, respond to and build on the lore that surrounds them — no questions...

Cinna Peyghamy Took Sled Island Somewhere Else

Dickens, June 22

PUBLISHED Jun 25, 2024

While headliners Show Me the Body raged at the #1 Legion, a few blocks west, a sonic transformation was taking place in the basement ...

Enny Owl Cast Quiet Spells at Sled Island

Pin-Bar, June 22

PUBLISHED Jun 25, 2024

Taking the stage at Pin-Bar in the late afternoon on Saturday, LA-based folk artist Enny Owl's sleeper set was a highlight of this year's ...

Parliament-Funkadelic and George Clinton Brought the Finest Funk Weirdness to Ottawa Jazz Fest

Main Stage, June 22

PUBLISHED Jun 25, 2024

Under the enduring leadership of George Clinton, the look and feel of the legendary Parliament-Funkadelic has changed significantly since ...