Secretly, I like to think that Fiona Apple and I are kind of alike. So goes the parasocial relationship, I know. And I’m not even that obsessive of a fan. I know a good bit (but not all) of her public history, I’ve watched and read a few interviews, and I hold some of her…
Demo Magazine’s Back To School show in collaboration with the Hart House Student Music Committee…
Agriculture played Toronto on an unusually mild day for early February. Dozens of heavily eyelinered, university-aged concertgoers stood chatting and smoking outside The Great Hall on Queen and Dovercourt, a refreshing sight after yet another brutal winter. The Great Hall is a rather unique venue: the Victorian building was built to house the YMCA in…
Blosum are here with their debut record Amaryllis, and I’m sure that the coolest people you know are thrilled. These locals aren’t afraid to get weird, combining elements of shoegaze, ambient music, indie, and everything in between. This hotly anticipated release has come off the back of several successful singles, and has been in the…
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When I told my best friend that I secured an interview with Public Health in Hamilton, she told me, “I didn’t know you wanted to work in healthcare.” So close! Different kind of interview. Very different kind of Public Health. If you want to read about a four-piece noise rock band (for lack of a…
Keep readingLatin American music is dangerously underrepresented in the media…unless Bad Bunny drops an album. As such, people in Canada do not know enough about how this area of music has helped shape jazz since the 1940s and was in dialogue with Motown and Columbia Records in the 1970s. These interactions in particular happened under the…
Keep readingHave you ever wondered what a vampire might listen to while driving down the highway after experiencing a heartbreak? Well, this is the article for you. Vampires and their narratives not only meet the theme of red through blood, but also through revenge, passion, monstrosity, anger, love, lust, desire, self hatred, and self-empowerment. To emphasize…
On March 2nd 2026, Peggy and Ella Red performed at the Drake Underground in Toronto, Ontario. Photos shot by Rose Kinoshita. Rose Kinoshita – Portfolio – Instagram Peggy Ella Red
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