Peaches
Peaches is an artist with many talents, all of which are hard to ignore, thanks to their sheer levels of diversity and brilliance. She's best known for her disregard of gender norms and her ear bending...
View ArticlePermanent Collection
ON AUGUST 7TH, BAY AREA BAND PERMANENT COLLECTION RELEASED NEWLY WED NEARLY DEAD, THEIR MOST EXCELLENT FULL LENGTH ON LOGLADY RECORDS. ON JUNE 22ND, THEY PLAYED A PACKED, SWEATY SHOW IN AN INDUSTRIAL...
View ArticleWild Belle | interview [web exclusive]
Wild Belle is a fresh new band made up of brother/sister duo Natalie and Elliot Bergman. Hailing from Chicago, they’re sound incorporates an array of influences spanning the globe and can best be...
View ArticleEdward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros | The Expansive Man
SINCE EDWARD SHARPE AND THE MAGNETIC ZEROS RELEASED THEIR FIRST ALBUM, UP FROM BELOW, IN 2009, THEY HAVE DEVELOPED WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS A CULT FOLLOWING. THIS IS EVIDENT IF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN...
View ArticleBlack Moth Super Rainbow
FOR ALMOST A DECADE, BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW HAS EXISTED IN A CANDY-SWIRLED WONDERLAND, RELEASING FOUR ALBUMS THAT BALANCE SUNNY, CHILD-LIKE WHIMSY WITH STREAKS OF SUBTLE MENACE. BUT, JUST AS...
View ArticleXXYYXX | Marcel Everett
The latest thing to come out of Orlando, Florida is not your average Disney-pop teen dream, but none other than the experimental production, XXYYXX. Marcel Everett is the 17-year old maestro that has...
View ArticlePurity Ring
SYMBOLS. INTENSITY. REPETITION. THESE ARE THREE ELEMENTS THAT ARE PROUDLY STATED AS ESSENTIAL TO THE WRITING PROCESS OF MEGAN JAMES AND CORIN RODDICK. AND WHILE THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN EQUALLY PASSIONATE...
View ArticleThe Neighbourhood | Interview
As a band that started out from relative obscurity, The Neighbourhood has garnered a huge following. Mysteriously releasing their song 'Female Robbery' on the internet in early 2012, the band has since...
View ArticleStudent Loan Records
STUDENT LOAN RECORDS IS A LABEL CURATED BY DANIEL RINCON THAT HAS RELEASED A SERIES OF 7”S AND CASSETTES FOR LOCAL BANDS SINCE DECEMBER 2011. HE’S OPERATED THROUGH A UNIQUE ECONOMIC MODEL: PUTTING ON...
View ArticleRobert DeLong | The Mixologist
So there’s this guy covered in face paint using vintage video game controllers as midi instruments, while playing drums and a keyboard all at once. It’s not entirely electronic, and it’s not completely...
View ArticleTheir There
Their There are a super talented six-piece from White Rock, B.C., made up of friends Ross Jenkins (guitar, vocals), Adam de Souza (bass), Harley Small (piano, vocals), Jess Desrochers (drums), Rory...
View ArticleNardwaur vs Purity Ring
Nardwaur the Human Serviette interviewed Purity Ring while they were in Vancouver earlier this month.
View ArticlePhoenix Thunderbird
Phoenix Thunderbird is made up of a web developer, an engineer, and a social scientist; an unlikely trio to mold together a fine balance of raw energy and structured thrash metal to delight the ears of...
View ArticleElephant Stone
Like a piper at the gates of dawn, psychedelic pop music has once again risen to the top of the new music scene, tweaked to modern perfection by recent crusaders like Tame Impala, Foxygen and of...
View ArticleK-OS | Amalgamated Chaos
k-os, a.k.a. Kevin Brereton, is a man of many influences and cultures, all of which meld into his music and result in the diverse sound he is known for. Consistently nailing a combination of genres,...
View ArticleEugene Mirman | The Cosmic Comic
Eugene Mirman is a standup comedian who has established himself as one of the most respected figures in alternative and indie comedy. Currently Brooklyn based, but born in Soviet Russia, having...
View ArticleNardwuar | Pop Culture's Historian
You all recognize the ubiquitous hat, finger pointing, and wide-eyed smile. And you can’t deny that you love it. Not just The Human Serviette and self made caricature, but also the most well-researched...
View ArticleBear Mountain | High Times
The star is most definitely on the rise for West Coast band Bear Mountain, whether they have time to sit back, bask, and properly acknowledge it or not. And with all the hard work they put into their...
View ArticleWeekend | Love + Death
Jinx, the new album by Slumberland’s Weekend is awash with gloomy, tempered, British shoe gaze and post-punk sounds. The first time ION’s interviewer Bryce Dunn heard the track “Mirror” and the...
View ArticleTessAnger, TeenParks
Tess Parks and Teenanger are two of our favourite acts, not just out of Toronto, but anywhere. We smashed them together because we wanted to play God. They interviewed and took photos of each other and...
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