Entertainment / Music Ella Yelich-O’Connor executes Pure Heroine with enough savoir faire that you eagerly anticipate her future. By: Nick Krewen Music, Published on Tue Oct 01 2013 Only 16, New Zealander Ella Yelich-O’Connor offers one of the more auspicious debut albums of the year with Pure Heroine. Known as Lorde, Yelich-O’Connor’s pedigree is impressive for the maturity she projects both in vision and execution. She’s the daughter of…
Best known as a producer for artists including Kings of Leon, Johns performs selections from his album If Not Now Then When? at the Drake on Aug. 3. By: Nick Krewen Music Published on Fri Aug 02 2013 Ethan Johns is finally experiencing life from the other side of the studio pane. Best known for his production skills — he’s overseen Laura Marling’s Once I Was an Eagle…
Majical Cloudz bring brooding sound to NXNE for Saturday gig at the BLK BOX By: Nick Krewen Music, Published on Fri Jun 14 2013 Sparse has rarely sounded so satiating. Of the numerous adjectives used to describe the brooding, intense music on Majical Cloudz’ new full-length platter Impersonator, its relative lack of instrumentation and arrangement has drawn the most attention when garnering praise from music critic circles. CBC…
Fall Out Boy put on a high-octane performance at the Sound Academy in the Chicago rockers’ first Toronto appearance in four years. By: Nick Krewen Music, Published on Sat May 25 2013 Fall Out Boy 3.5 stars Sound Academy at May 24. Fall Out Boy dished some unexpected razzing at Mayor Rob Ford at the Sound Academy on Friday night. Six songs into their taut 90-minute set, the Chicago rockers’…
Rocker and LBGT icon reborn after completing physical transition from woman to man By: Nick Krewen Music, Published on Tue Apr 23 2013 To describe Cliks lead singer Lucas Silveira as a changed man doesn’t cover the half of it. When the Toronto rock band led by the transgendered Silveira last released an album, 2009’s Dirty Kings, he had yet to go through the physical transition that converted him…
