Sean Michaels
The Walrus
Montreal, QC, Canada
Contact Sean
Discover and connect with journalists and influencers around the world, save time on email research, monitor the news, and more.
| Recent: |
|
| Past: |
|
Past articles by Sean:
The Rainbow Festival
Long-form journalism, current events, cultural criticism, commentary and analysis from Canada’s best magazine. → Read More
The invisible instrument: the theremin
The ethereal, pure sounds created by the electronic musical instrument echo the voice, but are controlled by the movements of the thereminist’s hands → Read More
Google to start publishing song lyrics online
The internet giant puts itself into competition with sites such as Genius and Metro Lyrics → Read More
Brandon Flowers says the Killers 'lack drive'
The singer believes his band don’t have the determination to be a world-beating band like U2 → Read More
Brandon Flowers says the Killers 'lack drive'
The singer believes his band don’t have the determination to be a world-beating band like U2 → Read More
Foo Fighters, Slipknot, Black Flag and Sunn O))) members sign up for punk supergroup
23-strong group Teenage Time Killer will release their debut next year, including performance of a John Cleese poem by Dead Kennedys’ Jello Biafra → Read More
Grimes admits lifting moniker from grime genre option on MySpace
Artist was ‘originally too embarassed of this story’ so told journalists she was named after Simpsons character Frank Grimes and other stories → Read More
Hackers threaten to issue Iggy Azalea sex tape images
Rapper denies reports that she has a sex tape after a branch of Anonymous suggest otherwise following online altercation with Azealia Banks surrounding black culture → Read More
Liberace to tour world as hologram
‘You’ll feel the warmth from his heart, the sparkle of his eye and the pure lightening from his fingertips,’ explains chairman of the Liberace Foundation → Read More
Stitch up: decade old Jack White record found inside furniture
According to Third Man Records, two separate owners of furniture have discovered copies of a 2004 single recorded by White’s former band the Upholsterers → Read More
Rapper Bobby Shmurda arrested connection with drug trafficking
Hot Boy artist will face gun and drug trafficking charges on 18 December, New York prosecutor says → Read More
Madonna new music leak is 'form of terrorism' says singer
After hackers trade what they describe as the singer’s 13th studio album, Madonna responds by claiming unreleased tracks are instead ‘unfinished demos stolen long ago’ → Read More
Chris Brown and bodyguard skip prison sentence for connection with assault
Judge who convicted singer’s bodyguard of punching a man in Washington in 2014 has given him a sentence that keeps him out of jail → Read More
D'Angelo's album release brought forward following Ferguson protests
Demonstrations after Michael Brown verdict was impetus for sudden arrival of Black Messiah, says artist’s collaborator → Read More
Beyoncé accused of sampling Hungarian Roma folk singer's voice without permission
Monika Miczura Juhasz claims that Beyoncé illegally appropriated her music for one of Drunk In Love’s most distinctive hooks → Read More
Joe Strummer has deep sea snail named after him
Alviniconcha strummeri live beneath the surface of the ocean and apparently ‘look like punk rockers in the 70s and 80s’ → Read More
REM's Michael Stipe will sing again, he says
The singer, who has only sung in the shower since REM’s split, misses the stage and thinks his voices had improved as he has aged → Read More
REM's Michael Stipe will sing again, he says
The singer, who has only sung in the shower since REM’s split, misses the stage and thinks his voice has improved as he has aged → Read More
Mark Ronson scores first UK No 1 with Uptown Funk
Song given an early release in the wake of X Factor performances shoots straight to the top of the charts → Read More
Tom Jones says critics shouldn't take Delilah so literally
Singer says it makes him proud to hear the hit sung by Welsh rugby crowds, and that those calling for it to be banned ‘take the fun out of it’ → Read More