Tag: music

Adele and Bon Iver make the biggest waves, but what about Kanye?

The Medium speaks with Omar Saab of the up-and-coming Toronto-based band Alright Alright.

Big Pink’s sophomore effort doesn’t seem to aim any higher than mediocrity.

The Medium sat down with the five-piece indie rock outfit for a quick chat before a recent show at The Garrison in Toronto.

If asked to describe this album in one word, the most appropriate term would be “crescendo”.

We’re not walking in a winter wonderland just yet, but Christmas music has begun to play on the radio, at coffee shops, and in shopping malls. From “Jingle Bells” to “Deck the Halls”, the carols and seasonal songs remind us that Christmas is coming in less than a month.

Lately there have been so many great new albums that we’ve been downloading them into our iTunes faster than squirrels hoarding nuts for the winter. But can you blame us? It’s getting chilly out there, and we can’t think of a better way to keep warm than to cozy up with a new list of hits, fresh off your stereo speakers.

There was a lot of hype surrounding her second album for quite some time, and hype, as we know, can be a very dangerous thing.

On the first listen of Justice’s Audio, Video, Disco, it’s easy to feel a little disappointed when you realize that Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay had no intention of repeating the style of their previous success.

One of the few consistently good bands left in pop music, Coldplay has a bit of a cross to bear in terms of keeping up with their reputation of, well, being consistently good.

The Toronto stop on The Shins’ tour seems to have been a mere practice round for Mercer and the new band, but even so, they managed to fill the void that fans have felt since 2007.

San Francisco-based indie band Girls return with their sophomore effort, Father, Son, Holy Ghost, and while the first track, “Honey Bunny,” mimics—if only for...