Kelsey Adams
Samuel Engelking
NXNE 2019: Club Land reviews
While the Toronto Raptors were completing their historic championship run, our reviewers were catching festival sets by CupcakKe, Le1f, Sir Babygirl, Swamp Dogg and more Read more
Yannick Anton
How Yes Yes Y'all became one of Toronto's most essential queer parties
As it celebrates its 10th birthday, Yes Yes Y'all has grown into an indispensable community as well as a major part of the city's hip-hop and arts scenes. Read more
Samuel Engelking
A hundred Black women and gender-non-conforming artists feasted in the AGO
Hosted by the Black Wimmin Artist collective, the dining performance added a monumental moment to a long timeline of reclamation Read more
Review: Assume Form is James Blake's most hopeful album yet
Album review: James Blake's Assume Form: With his darkness and paranoia balanced by lovesick optimism, music's favourite sad boy sounds like he's finally ready to be happy – or at least try to be. Read more
Samuel Engelking
Mickalene Thomas celebrates Black women at the AGO
American artist's solo show Femmes Noires is a game-changer for visibility and representation Read more
Karel Chladek
Toronto Caribbean Carnival 2018: 7 can't-miss queer and queer-friendly parties
Toronto Caribbean Carnival 2018: Whether you’re looking for a hot and sweaty bashment, sunset block party or boat cruise, these queer and queer-friendly parties and events will make the first weekend of August the hottest of summer. Read more
Matt Williams
Kendrick Lamar's TDE Championship Tour didn't feel like a team effort
Concert review: Kendrick Lamar's TDE Championship tour at Budweiser Stage in Toronto. Though it was billed as a label showcase with Schoolboy Q, Jay Rock, Ab-Soul and more, SZA's absence made it feel more like a typical opener-opener-headliner show. Read more
A new vanguard of Black female curators is rising
The Gladstone's Of Ourselves photography show is the latest Toronto exhibition to spotlight young, Black curatorial talent Read more
Samuel Engelking
Daniel Caesar returned the love Toronto has shown him at the Danforth Music Hall
An arena tour feels inevitable, but at the fourth of five sold-out Danforth shows the golden boy kept things intimate and highlighted other hometown talent Read more
H.E.R. explains why she's staying anonymous... for now
Even as details about her identity have emerged, the up-and-coming R&B singer and Daniel Caesar collaborator is keeping the focus solely on her music Read more
What Toronto R&B acts can learn from the UK scene
The local scene has all the pieces to become its own mecca of R&B, but it could take some notes from the Brits Read more