Articles by Ian Gormely

Conor Oberst / Phoebe Bridgers

Danforth Music Hall, Toronto ON, September 13

PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2017

Though just 37, Conor Oberst's career reads like that of a grizzled veteran twice his age. Starting out as a lo-fi bedroom curio, he became...

An Essential Guide to Julie Doiron

PUBLISHED Sep 12, 2017

From her humble beginnings to her prolific solo career (not to mention a diverse array of collaborations), Julie Doiron's music is woven in...

Julie & the Wrong Guys

Julie & the Wrong Guys

PUBLISHED Sep 11, 2017

Julie Doiron fronting a hard rock quartet rounded out by Eamon McGrath and members of Cancer Bats sounds like a no brainer, the kind of col...

Death From Above

Outrage! Is Now

PUBLISHED Sep 11, 2017

What's a band to do after it's split-up, gotten back together and dropped a comeback record? That's the dilemma facing Death From Above who...

Ted Leo Uses Hardship as Fuel for 'The Hanged Man'

PUBLISHED Sep 8, 2017

The past seven years haven't been easy for Ted Leo. After releasing The Brutalist Bricks in 2010 with his band the Pharmacists, the singer...

Ted Leo

The Hanged Man

PUBLISHED Sep 8, 2017

Once a prolific writer and road warrior, it's now been seven long years since Ted Leo's last album, The Brutalist Bricks. Not that the sing...

​Ted Leo

The Exclaim! Questionnaire

PUBLISHED Sep 5, 2017

The past seven years haven't been easy for Ted Leo. Since releasing The Brutalist Bricks in 2010, the singer and guitarist suffered a serie...

Brand New

Science Fiction

PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2017

Catharsis is Brand New's stock and trade, but they've never let that emotional release come easy. Over the course of their career, the merc...