Agriculture played Toronto on an unusually mild day for early February. Dozens of heavily eyelinered, university-aged concertgoers stood chatting and smoking outside The Great Hall on Queen and Dovercourt, a refreshing sight after yet another brutal winter. The Great Hall is a rather unique venue: the Victorian building was built to house the YMCA in…
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By Sofia Lebovics You will never see two brighter, kinder, more-laughter-filled faces in the Toronto punk scene than those of bandleaders and twin sisters Bebe and Oona Sun Cutter. They’ve been performing together practically since they were born, but have been playing shows as a band for four years after starting as high school students.…
For a venue as storied as Massey Hall, it has a remarkable shortage of good seats. My last three outings to the beautiful and recently renovated theatre have been marred by impaired sightlines and a lack of leg room. MJ Lenderman and Waxahatchee’s show on Saturday was no different, being that I watched the performers…
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Photo: Dana Bellamy Music and writing have long served as vessels for processing complex emotions such as grief and death. Heavy genres like metal and goth have always had an association with the macabre, most notably motivating the satanic panic of the 1980s. Yet past its frightening exterior lies an understanding of death as a…
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…
2026’s NXNE music festival took place across various venues in downtown Toronto, from June 10-14. Acts from June 11 (Noise Hotel, The Satisfactory, snake eyes, Electrokat), 12 (Lucy Ellis, Dominique Way, Billy Raffoul), and 13 (Lauren Ash, Jessie Vickery, Kicksie, Lost Boys) were shot by Rose Kinoshita. Rose Kinoshita – Portfolio – Instagram JUNE 11…
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