Run the Jewels’ last album dropped mere weeks after Donald Trump’s election victory. Now, the provocative rap duo ret…
Lil Yachty’s personality still shines with ‘Lil Boat 3’
There was once a time when it seemed like Lil Yachty was one of the most exciting and disruptive up-and-coming forces…
Lady Gaga’s ‘Chromatica’ is extravagant and personal
After taking a couple diversions from her status as a world-dominating pop star, including a stripped-back country-po…
Polarizing and provocative: The 1975 return with ‘Notes On A Conditional Form’
Polarizing and provocative pop-rock outfit The 1975 have only striven harder and harder to make the kind of experimen…
Tove Lo claims her throne at the Vogue
Tove Lo at the Vogue Theatre, 2/23/20 On February 12 in New York City, Tove Lo danced so hard during a performance of…
Tones and I dances one more time at the Imperial
Tones and I with Lime Cordiale at the Imperial, 2/12/20 Contrary to popular belief, Tones and I is not actually a tee…
YBN Cordae blends old and new rap styles at Fortune
YBN Cordae, 24kgoldn and LONR at Fortune Sound Club, 1/17/20 YBN Cordae first put himself on everyone’s radar with a …
Rap collective Brockhampton display strong bonds and blazing verses
Brockhampton and 100 Gecs at the PNE Forum, 10/26/19 Created on a Kanye West fan forum, experimental rap collective B…
Kero Kero Bonito thrill cult following with a genre-bending experience
Kero Kero Bonito and Negative Gemini at the Rickshaw Theatre, 10/25/19 It was already difficult to categorize…
Hozier cranks up the volume on the UBC campus
Hozier and Madison Ryann Ward at the Thunderbird Sports Centre, 10/18/19 Photo by Mariko Margetson Hozier is truly in…
MARINA closes out tour with birthday show at Orpheum
MARINA and Allie X at the Orpheum, 10/9/19 Welsh pop princess MARINA (formerly Marina & the Diamonds) seemingly s…
Weird Al still reigns supreme as king of all things nerdy
“Weird Al” Yankovic at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, 8/19/19 In one of the many video interludes that displayed “Weird…