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…
Artists have successfully transformed their careers and lives as transgendered musicians NICK KREWEN GRAMMYS MAY 15, 2017 – 2:36 AM GRAMMY.com To say that Laura Jane Grace has had an eventful year would be an understatement. Until May 2012, she was known to the world as Tom Gabel, lead singer, songwriter and guitarist for Florida punk band Against Me! Then she openly announced her name change, that she…
Los Angeles punk rockers play Kool Haus Sunday in support of 16th album True North Nick Krewen Music, Published on Sat Mar 30 2013 Thirty-three years in, Los Angeles punk rockers Bad Religion continue to age gracefully. The seminal sextet — which actually tours as a quintet, with co-founding guitarist and songwriter Brett Gurewitz opting to stick around the offices of the successful Epitaph and Anti record labels…
Entertainment / Music Alt-J’s secret society of music comes to Toronto Mercury Prize winners play the Sound Academy Wednesday night By: Nick Krewen Music, Published on Wed Mar 27 2013 One might think that with a name like Alt-J, which creates the Delta sign “∆” when pressed together on a Mac keyboard, the British indie rockers might have an obsession with triangles or pyramids. But that simply isn’t the case,…
Classical singer raising eyebrows with outlandish costumes and thundering pop sound. By: Nick Krewen Special to the Star, Published on Fri Mar 22 2013 These days, Charlotte Church is running from her past just as fast as her voice can carry her. Although she implements a bit of her classical crossover singing technique in her latest EPs One and Two, her new dramatic, percussion-heavy, thundering pop music approach…
