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40 at 40: Looking back at our Kids in the Hall oral history cover
When the legendary Canadian sketch troupe the Kids in the Hall announced recently that they had begun shooting their new Amazon TV show, I immediately... -
In memoriam: Genesis P-Orridge tore down the boundary between art and life
Here’s one of the best pieces of music trivia I’ve ever come across: one of the androgynous models sucking face on the cover of Force It,... -
Jordan Peterson vs Slavoj Zizek was more a performance than a debate
Last nights sold-out debate between Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek and Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson at the Sony Centre was pitched as a no-holds-barred throw down... -
Review: High On Fire are nostalgic without a wink on Electric Messiah
Rating: NNNN Since their 2000 debut The Art Of Self Defense, Oakland heavy metal outfit High on Fire have proven themselves stalwarts of a sort of classicist heavy metal that... -
Stoner metal trailblazers Sleep were intoxicating at Danforth Music Hall
SLEEP at the Danforth Music Hall, Monday, July 30. Rating: NNNN “Do you still have that joint?” an irate, at-his-wits-end bouncer asks a tiny, older guy in a... -
The Art Of Banksy exhibit is utterly vulgar
THE ART OF BANKSY at 213 Sterling. $35, stu/srs $32.50, children under five free. Run extended to September 16. banksyexhibit.com. In grade 9, over lunch in the... -
Roseanne Barr’s Oakville show was preposterously funny
ROSEANNE BARR at Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts (130 Navy). April 25. Rating: NNNNMap out Roseanne Barrs recent low-key Ontario tour, and youd swear... -
Grooving in the mouth of madness
GOBLIN with MORRICONE YOUTH at the Opera House (735 Queen East), Thursday (October 26), 8 pm. $28.50-$69. ticketfly.com. UNSOUND HALLOWEEN HIGH & HANGOVER at the Bluma... -
Sleaford Mods Jason Williamson on alienation, sobriety and the different hells we all inhabit
SLEAFORD MODS at the Opera House (735 Queen East), Saturday (April 1), 8 pm. $23.50. rotate.com, soundscapesmusic.com, ticketfly.com.Jason Williamson, the bowl-cut, bug-eyed singer/rapper/raver/frontman of Nottingham,... -
Metallica’s Opera House gig proved they’ve somehow, against all odds, become likeable again
METALLICA at the Opera House, Tuesday, November 29. Rating: NNNNN In a year of horror stories, one of the cheerier narratives has been Metallica’s shot... -
Will Phish’s 16th album, Big Boat, make converts of long-time haters and skeptics?
I should disclose, first thing, hand-on-Bible-style, that I have a soft spot for Phish. There was a long time when, entranced by the notorious joke... -
How the Kids in the Hall pioneered an alt-comedy scene at The Rivoli
THIS IS A BOOK ABOUT KIDS IN THE HALL launch and screening of BRAIN CANDY at The Royal Cinema (608 College), October 13, 8 pm. See... -
>>> Comet Control
To a certain kind of listener, and a certain kind of person, there's something satisfying about the kind of music that Toronto psych-rock outfit Comet... -
Napalm Death, Melvins and Melt-Banana make a fookin’ racket
NAPALM DEATH, MELVINS with MELT-BANANA at the Opera House, Tuesday, April 19. Rating NNNN The thing about Napalm Death is that that they’re so fast... -
>>> Megadeth
Arguably the most anticipated metal album of 2016 is Metallica’s long-gestating follow-up to 2008’s Death Magnetic. Which means, inevitably, that poor ol’ Dave Mustaine is...
