Articles by Alison Lang

Overnight

Carry Me Home

PUBLISHED Feb 24, 2015

Carla and Lynette Gillis are one of Canada's most enduring musical partnerships. The Cape Breton-bred, Toronto-based sisters first made the...

Matt Shepard is a Friend of Mine

Michele Josue

PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2015

The 1998 murder of Wyoming university student Matthew Shepard — robbed and beaten into a coma by two locals for being gay (he later p...

Natalie Prass

PUBLISHED Jan 23, 2015

Where the hell has Natalie Prass been hiding all this time? The singer/songwriter might best be known as a member of Jenny Lewis' backing b...

She & Him

Classics

PUBLISHED Dec 5, 2014

Covers albums can be tricky things, with their success (or failure) hinging on the artists' ability to pay homage while making each song th...

Thee Oh Sees

Danforth Music Hall, Toronto ON, November 23

PUBLISHED Nov 24, 2014

There's something surreal about seeing a band like Thee Oh Sees in a venue like the Danforth Music Hall, on a school night, with the show e...

The Babadook

Jennifer Kent

PUBLISHED Oct 29, 2014

At every Toronto After Dark Fest, there's at least one film that rides a wave of palpable buzz and has attendees clamouring to see it. Last...

Why Horror?

Nicolas Kleiman, Rob Lindsay

PUBLISHED Oct 23, 2014

As a nerd, it's always pretty weird seeing your favourite genre rise to the surface of mainstream culture, and horror is no exception. In h...

Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter

David Zellner

PUBLISHED Oct 20, 2014

In 2001, a woman named Takako Konishi was found dead in a remote area of Minnesota. Botched eyewitness information swirled into an urban le...