Complex • 26th May 2022

The Wizardry of Magi Merlin

Until she was six or seven, Magi Merlin thought her name was Kayla. After complaining about it to her parents, she was told that Kayla was her middle name—and that she had another eponym to choose from.

“My grandparents were getting this dream before I was actually born of a little girl being like, ‘Oh, I want to be named after that star in the sky’ in their dream. And my grandpa was like, “OK, what’s the name of the star?” So the little girl in the dream was like, “It’s Magi.”

Immediately Mer

Complex • 2nd June 2022

Purity Ring Talk Touring, ‘Graves’ EP, and Ten Years of ‘Shrines’

After a slew of cancellations, Purity Ring are on their first tour since 2017. It helps that the North American tour coincides with their newest release, Graves, out tomorrow. Despite Megan James and Corin Roddick having three albums under their belts, this is the Edmonton electronic duo’s first EP—born so they could let go of a song they’d been sitting on for eight years.

Iteration after iteration of the EP’s eponymous track haunted the band for some time, but ironically the final version of “

Complex • 20th April 2022

Time Is on Jane Inc.’s Side

When the pandemic first hit, a seemingly infinite amount of time was dropped into Carlyn Bezic’s lap. Coupled with worries new and pre-existing, it started to feel like this gift of time was moving out of phase. As this unease manifested, her second album under the Jane Inc. moniker came to fruition.

Exclaim! • 19th April 2022

Black Midi Modernize Jazz Fusion on 'Cavalcade' | Exclaim!

The sense of mystery surrounding the London-bred post-punks hasn't waned since they burst onto the scene only a few years ago; since then, thousands of people in subreddits and Facebook groups have treated every move the band makes as an Easter egg.This pressure cooker resulted in a record moulded by fresh influences that doesn't sacrifice what made Black Midi so captivating.

Complex • 22nd April 2021

Lowell, Songwriter for Your Favourite Pop Stars, on Her ‘Bloodthirsty’ Horror Flick and EP

Lowell’s career can only be described as multifaceted.

The Calgary-born, Toronto- and L.A.-based musician has spent the better half of the last decade writing songs, both for herself and today’s rising pop stars. She rose to prominence with her 2014 debut We Loved Her Dearly, filled with progressive feminist and LGBTQ+ anthems. While she still writes her own music, she has also established herself as a powerhouse double-platinum songwriter, penning songs for Bülow, Tate McRae, as well as a colo

West End Phoenix • 1st December 2021

"Rice is a spiritual being"

A Q&A with Chef Johl Whiteduck Ringuette, co-founder of Miinikaan Innovation and Design, an Indigenous gardening firm.

Complex • 19th February 2021

Drag Star Tynomi Banks on Her BLM Merch Line and Already Big Year

It’s been an exciting few months for Toronto drag queen Tynomi Banks. On top of a role in Cloris Leachman’s last film and appearing in a Super Bowl commercial, she dropped her Black Lives Matter-themed clothing line earlier this February.

Designed by Toronto artist Sydney Mia Gittens, the collection includes a series of T-shirts and a hoodie donning BLM-adjacent phrases like “Protect Queer Black Youth” and “Anti-Racist.” Proceeds from the collection will be donated to Black Lives Matter Canada

Exclaim! • 20th April 2022

Meggie Lennon Sets a Sultry Mood on 'Sounds from Your Lips' | Exclaim!

All of the songs on the record are structurally simple, which complements how the instruments take up space. Much of the album's rhythm guitar is acoustic and clean in tone, cutting through straightforward lead guitar and synth parts. This creates a significant amount of room on the tracks, contributing to the aura of the album as a whole.

Exclaim! • 11th November 2020

Falcon Jane Draws Us into Her Universe on 'Faith' | Exclaim!

Written after a series of deaths in her family, project leader Sarah May's emotional honesty adds to the distinctiveness to her voice as a whole. These are songs undoubtedly written as a means to work out her own feelings, and they contain so much warmth that her optimistic storytelling perseveres.