Cam Lindsay
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Toronto, ON, Canada
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Review: Pretty Matty's self-titled debut is packed with crunchy power pop morsels
The Toronto-based project of Mathew Morand prioritizes sharp hooks and loud, distorted guitars above everything – joyous sunshine rock that sounds straight out of 1994 → Read More
Review: Kiwi Jr.'s Football Money album is a guide to adulting in Toronto
Mint Records-signed band's delightful debut is full of 80s college rock and 90s indie rock feel-goodness → Read More
Why are Operators playing Handsome Furs songs?
Dan Boeckner is bringing back Handsome Furs songs for two shows with his new band, Operators, even though there's no involvement from his former partner, Alexei Perry Cox. → Read More
Review: Victoria's Art d'Ecco dives deep into the excesses of glam rock on Trespasser
An album review of Art d'Ecco's Trespasser. Whether it revitalizes interest in the genre, it's the sort of rock album we need now, one that asks for inclusivity and acceptance. → Read More
Modern Sky is bringing Chinese music to the masses at Echo Beach
The Chinese music festival expands to Toronto with a lineup that includes Calvin Love, Bohan Pheonix and Sunset Rollercoaster. → Read More
New Order reflect on their long relationship with Toronto
New Order, the influential Manchester post-punk band, have only played Toronto a handful of times in their near-40-year career, but their history with the city runs deep. → Read More
How Canadian indie bands are cashing in on craft beer fests
Indie bands like the Rural Alberta Advantage, Sloan and Tokyo Police Club have found lucrative collaborations with craft breweries... even if they don't drink. → Read More
25 Years Ago, Rage Against the Machine Whipped Their Dicks Out in Protest
At Lollapalooza '93, the outspoken rock band hung dong for 15 straight minutes to combat music censorship. → Read More
MorMor proves he could be one of Toronto's hottest exports on Heaven’s Only Wishful
A review of the new EP, Heaven's Only Wishful, from Toronto's MorMor: a compelling, sweet-voiced mix of Dev Hynes, How To Dress Well and Rhye, Seth Nyquist uses the five songs on this EP to prove he should be on your radar. → Read More
Chastity's Death Lust is transcendent rock music
Album review: Chastity's Death Lust, out on Captured Tracks and Royal Mountain. Brandon Williams and his Whitby band have composed an album full of violence, dread and claustrophobia that's also totally cathartic. → Read More
Snail Mail cemented her love affair with Toronto at Velvet Underground
Concert review: Snail Mail's Lindsey Jordan is from Maryland, not Toronto, but she's been growing her fuzzy and sincere indie rock on the city's stages over the last year or so. At Velvet Underground, she headlined as if she was a hometown hero. → Read More
Does Big Shiny Tunes still matter?
Big Shiny Tunes is the subject of the new book Shine. In this interview, author Mark Teo, explains why the MuchMusic compilation series has enduring cultural impact, then creates a tracklist for a hypothetical 2018 edition. → Read More
Why Born Ruffians are turning their album release into a five-night spectacular
Born Ruffians are following in the footsteps of Alvvays and Daniel Caesar and are choosing multiple nights at Lee's Palace over one at a bigger venue like Danforth Music Hall or Massey Hall. Here's why. → Read More
Why Born Ruffians are turning their album release into a five-night spectacular
Born Ruffians are following in the footsteps of Alvvays and Daniel Caesar and are choosing multiple nights at Lee's Palace over one at a bigger venue like Danforth Music Hall or Massey Hall. Here's why. → Read More
The Guide to Getting into Superchunk
How to delve into the immersive and varied catalog of one of indie rock's most seminal bands. → Read More
8 once-in-a-lifetime Toronto concerts from 2017
From the sweaty end of the Silver Dollar to an unprecedented gathering of Indigenous folk legends, these were the bucket list shows of the year → Read More
No Neko, no Bejar, no problem for the New Pornographers at Massey Hall
Along with local openers Born Ruffians, the long-running indie collective proved they can thrive in any shape or form → Read More
Pinegrove showed why they're about to be huge at the Velvet Underground
This was likely the final time Toronto will get such an intimate concert from the heart-on-their-sleeves New Jersey band → Read More
Stream the new reissue of the Nils' cult classic 1987 debut
We spoke to the band's Carlos Soria to discuss the 30th anniversary of the influential Canadian punk LP → Read More
(Sandy) Alex G can't talk about having to change his name
But the prolific Philly musician is happy to chat about new album Rocket and working with Frank Ocean → Read More