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Sunn o)))
It's hard to write about records by super-loud, super-heavy, super-weird dronesters SUNN O))). How do you measure the effectiveness of the band's punishing sonic experiments? ... -
Chris Hadfield
Chris Hadfield has taken a long, winding path to becoming a wannabe pop star. The Canadian astronaut, guitar-strummer, Twitter celebrity and media-hogging nuisance had to... -
Pentagram
It took almost 15 years, but I think I’m tired of Pentagram. When I was a kid getting into heavy metal, the band’s 80s output... -
Fucked Up
In an episode of Frasier, the good doctor is tasked with writing a jingle for his radio show. The short ditty swells into an epic,... -
Fucked Up
Fucked Up - Year Of The HareDeathwishIn an episode of Frasier, the good doctor is tasked with writing a jingle for his radio show. The... -
Neurosis’s Opera House show proves they’re one of the best bands of the past 25 years
NEUROSIS at the Opera House, Thursday, August 6. Rating: NNNNN In early 2014, I saw one of the two shows that had two of my... -
Windhand
WINDHAND with OLDE at the Garrison (1197 Dundas West), Friday (July 31), 9 pm. $12. rotate.com, ticketfly.com. Doom metal is the new black metal. Or... -
High On Fire
High on Fire - LuminiferouseOne MusicIn a way I'm the worst person to review a High on Fire record. As a diehard acolyte of recently... -
High On Fire
In a way I'm the worst person to review a High on Fire record. As a diehard acolyte of recently reformed Sleep - HoF vocalist/guitarist... -
Ceremony
Rohnert Park, Ceremony's 2010 third album, opens with vocalist Ross Farrar's strained, angry whinging about being "sick": sick of living in America, sick of having... -
At The Gates at The Phoenix
AT THE GATES with CONVERGE, PALLBEARER and VALLENFYRE at the Phoenix, Wednesday, April 8. Rating: NNNN Okay. So remember those shows you went to in high school, where there... -
Electric Wizard at Lee’s
ELECTRIC WIZARD at Lee’s Palace, Sunday, April 5. Rating: NNNNN The thing people forget about Black Sabbath is that for all their anthems of atomic apocalypse... -
Aw, shucks
They're fun to eat, succulent and sexy, and with new eateries serving them daily, oysters are more popular than ever. But are "buck-a-shuck" promos sucking the... -
Worth shelling out for
Rodney's Oyster House The big boy in the downtown core, Rodney's has been shelling and shucking seafood in Toronto since 1987. The nautical decor and sometimes... -
Weed Worship
ELECTRIC WIZARD play Lee's Palace (529 Bloor West), Sunday (April 5), 7 pm. Sold out. On Sunday, Electric Wizard - often billed as "the heaviest band in...
