If you look up what is your name? (WIYN?) on Genius the following unreviewed artist bio pops up: “creates a certain vibe that they themselves can’t understand.” It’s submitted by a user named SkyHouse and it pretty much aligns with the picture of WIYN? that I’d pieced together through my lengthy perusal of music forums.…
Agriculture played Toronto on an unusually mild day for early February. Dozens of heavily eyelinered,…
When I learned I’d be covering the Loveless Festival at The Monarch Tavern, I thought the venue sounded familiar. After a brisk, boiling hot walk from the streetcar, I realized that I’d been there just the month before for a concert; this time, though, I came with the nervous pomp of someone covering the show.…
Folk often falls victim to its own strengths. The genre’s stylistic skeleton is really simple, relying on no more than the voice and the guitar. Even then, the guitar simply keeps the music’s fluidity and rhythm. The real centered idea is the transparency of the artist’s words, as their vocal intonations and timbre are the…
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August 13, 2025. @smallman.bigmouth on Instagram shared a post announcing their first show in over a year and a half. It was a hazy black and white landscape photo of a country road with a car peeking out of the horizon; white text overtop reads “it is happening again,” with show details in a smaller…
Keep readingIn the past few years, I’ve been noticing a rising trend on social media centering on reviving the Riot Grrrl subculture. Examples of this range from the prevalence of viral audios which span new Riot Grrl releases such as “Wet” by Dazey and the Scouts to classics like “Deceptacon” by Le Tigre. Do teenage girls…
Keep readingHave you ever wondered what a vampire might listen to while driving down the highway after experiencing a heartbreak? Well, this is the article for you. Vampires and their narratives not only meet the theme of red through blood, but also through revenge, passion, monstrosity, anger, love, lust, desire, self hatred, and self-empowerment. To emphasize…
On August 12, Fiddlehead, Narrow Head, 9million, and The Sissy Boys performed at Lithuanian House. Shot by Rei Kong. 9Million Fiddlehead Narrowhead The Sissy Boys
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