Articles by Ian Gormely

An Essential Guide to Superchunk

PUBLISHED Feb 13, 2018

The plethora of new sounds that exploded out of the '90s was staggering. And while many of the decade's most singular artists continue to d...

Superchunk

What a Time to Be Alive

PUBLISHED Feb 12, 2018

Superchunk didn't feel like a band built to last — their brand of buzzy, lo-fi indie rock sounded like the work of young players barely hol...

Justin Timberlake

Man of the Woods

PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2018

Justin Timberlake doesn't need music. After successfully transitioning from boy-band heartthrob to adult pop star on Justified, FutureSex/L...

Snail Mail / Lomelda

Smiling Buddha, Toronto ON, January 23

PUBLISHED Jan 24, 2018

Lindsey Jordan has been blessed with prolonged buzz around Snail Mail's 2016 EP Habit, and their forthcoming debut for Matador Records. Yet...

Fall Out Boy

M A N I A

PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2018

Maximalism has been Fall Out Boy's stock-in-trade since day one. Even when they were just a pop punk band from Chicago, they were aiming fo...

Charli XCX

Pop 2

PUBLISHED Dec 19, 2017

2017 was a disappointment for poptimists on multiple fronts. But on her second mixtape of the year, Charli XCX, aka Charlotte Aitchison, re...

Lemuria

Recreational Hate

PUBLISHED Dec 15, 2017

Lemuria have always been something of an aberration: too punk for indie, too indie for punk. In many ways, they were the forbearers of the...

Lemuria Drop Surprise Album 'Recreational Hate,' Their First in Four Years

PUBLISHED Dec 14, 2017

Ultra-keen Lemuria fans have a holiday surprise on the way to their mailboxes: the band's brand new LP, Recreational Hate.   Earlier this y...