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  • Demo Magazine Back to school: Shot by Olivia Dans

    Demo Magazine’s Back To School show in collaboration with the Hart House Student Music Committee (HHSMC) was held on Friday, September 5th 2025 at The Tranzac (292 Brunswick Ave). Performances included Hockey Academy, Superstar Crush, and Noise Hotel. Olivia Dans – Portfolio – Instagram Superstar Crush Noise Hotel Hockey Academy

Freezing My Nuts Off With Exclaim!’s Class Of 2026: Jan 30

This article our final piece in a series covering Exclaim! Magazine’s Class of 2026 concert lineups. Thanks to Exclaim! for having us! To see all of Averyn Ngan’s photos of the night, view our photo gallery here! Shortly before seeing Miss Mouth, Superstar Crush, John’s Cottage, and slow reader as part of Exclaim!’s Class of…

Exclaim!’s Class of 2026 That Almost Didn’t Graduate: January 17th

This article is fourth in a series covering Exclaim! Magazine’s Class of 2026 concert lineups. To buy tickets to an upcoming Class of 2026 show, click here. To see all of Henry Klein’s photos of the night, view our photo gallery here! Henry Klein – Instagram January 17th at the Monarch Tavern was full of…

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Demo Magazine is the University of Toronto’s only music magazine since 2006. You can find us sweating over our print issues, hosting concerts, and preaching about the local scene. We are the subcommittee of Hart House Student Music Committee, who are kind enough to let us publish and collab on events.

Submissions are welcome anytime through our Discord server, or you can reach out to our editors via email at demo.masthead@gmail.com

Letting the Feeling Lead: Inside Lia Pappas-Kemps’ Musical Dreamscape

Photos by Olivia Dans – Portfolio – Instagram Bright and brilliant, Toronto-based songwriter Lia Pappas-Kemps writes her music with an inviting sense of urgency, catching fleeting thoughts and emotions in real time. Building up to the spring release of her first album, Winged, she finds herself caught between reflection and momentum. Pappas-Kemps holds onto the…

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There’s Not Enough Salsa

Latin 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…

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13 (Unofficial) Vampire Anthems To Add To Your Playlist

Have 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…