“When trying to figure out the last time I saw an artist leave it all on the stage the way Suede’s Brett Anderson did in Toronto, I’m coming up with a pretty short list of names. Anderson was a jumping, gyrating, animated, sweaty, quivering mess after 15 songs. Two songs into Suede’s set, he was…
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Jessica Brown-Findlay on Her Role in the Paramount+ Romantic Comedy ‘The Flatshare’ [w/ Audio]
“I drew on a lot of experiences from my own life, rereading diary entries and things that I’d written at the time, dipping back into playlists of when I was feeling, how Tiff was feeling, and kind of putting myself back into that space. And you just hope you can honor that character and someone…
Puscifer Showcases Existential Reckoning to a Captivated Crowd at Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Toronto [Photos]
With Existential Reckoning, Maynard James Keenan’s Puscifer project has transcended from a quirky side project into a musical tour-de-force. The current Puscifer line-up consists of Keenan, Mat Mitchell, Carina Round, Greg Edwards, and Gunnar Olsen – five incredible musicians firing on all cylinders with this latest album and tour. The musical backbone delivered by Greg…
VOLA Brings a Big Show to a Small Room, Selling Out the Hard Luck Bar in Toronto [Photos]
Danish-Swedish quartet VOLA made their first tour across the pond on the strength of their most recent album, Witness. Playing to a sold-out crowd (many of whom sang along to every song), VOLA delivered an up-close-and-personal example of what it’s like to see a stadium-worthy band in a small room. Full coverage on V13 Media
Cancer Bats and Comeback Kid bring the aggression on a Thursday Night at Maxwell’s in Waterloo [Photos]
After a quick changeover, The Cancer Bats took the stage with the title track from their recently released “Psychic Jailbreak.” Liam Cormier, Mike Peters, and Jaye Schwarzer were joined this evening by Like a Motorcycle guitarist KT Lamond. Lamond, filling the space left open by the departure of Scott Middleton last year, sounded right in…
Muse triumphantly returns to Toronto, playing to an exuberant crowd at History in Toronto [Photos]
Matt Bellamy, Dominic Howard, and Chris Wolstenholme took the History stage at 9:00 pm to a hail of cheers and applause from the audience. They performed this evening on a truncated stage set up that surrounded them on both sides and behind them with floor-to-ceiling lighting. Dominic was atop a three-foot steel riser at centre…
The Bobby Lees – ‘Bellevue’ [Album Review]
Bellevue clocks in at 13 songs, tallying just over thirty minutes. The lead (and title) track gives you everything you need to know about The Bobby Lees in under 90 seconds; Attitude galore, howling vocals, a driving rhythm section, and some bad-ass guitar licks. If “Bellevue” doesn’t put some tingle in your taint, then chances…
Harold Perrineau discusses aspects of his character, Boyd Stevens, on the chilling hit show FROM, finally streaming in Canada on Paramount+
“Boyd is kind of an archetype, the gruff old guy who fixes everything. And so what I really like to do when I’m working is I really like to find out who the human being is in that person, and try to bring that part out. Sometimes you could play the character in just a…
Dianne Wiest discusses aspects of her character Miriam McLusky on the hit show Mayor of Kingstown, now available on DVD and Blu-ray.
“I have been interested and active in a very small way in the prison system in America, which is really abysmal. So I was immediately drawn to Mayor of Kingstown because that’s what it’s about. The racism, the horrible racism, the poverty, and the constant injustices in our justice system. So I was very, very…
Producer David C. Fein Discusses the Fully Restored Director’s Edition of ‘Star Trek: The Motion Picture’
“The point of the film – which is how technology is cold without humanity. At the time when the film came out, the greatest technology we had was touch-tone phones. Now we have cell phones. It’s part of our life. I think it’s more relevant today than ever before.” Full interview on V13 Media
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