JFL42 Reviews
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![Marissa Nadler For My Crimes]()
ReviewsMarissa Nadler For My Crimes Published Sep 25, 2018On For My Crimes, Marissa Nadler does a lot with a little. After inching toward rock music on 2016's Strangers, her latest album is a return...
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![BØRNS Addresses Allegations of Sexual Misconduct]()
NewsBØRNS Addresses Allegations of Sexual Misconduct Published Sep 25, 2018Singer-songwriter BØRNS (a.k.a Garrett Clark Borns) has responded to accusations of sexual misconduct made against him by multiple women onl...
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![Unknown Mortal Orchestra Plot Instrumental Album 'IC-01 Hanoi']()
NewsUnknown Mortal Orchestra Plot Instrumental Album 'IC-01 Hanoi' Published Sep 25, 2018Unknown Mortal Orchestra have revealed plans for a new instrumental album called IC-01 Hanoi. It's due out October 26 via Jagjaguwar. Th...
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![Exploded View Obey]()
ReviewsExploded View Obey Published Sep 25, 2018When film critic Manny Farber coined the phrase "termite art," he wasn't referring to artists like Exploded View. A trained painter with a t...
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![Matthew Dear Remixed MGMT's Entire 'Little Dark Age' LP]()
NewsMatthew Dear Remixed MGMT's Entire 'Little Dark Age' LP Published Sep 25, 2018Ahead of touring together earlier this year, MGMT asked Matthew Dear to remix a track from their Little Dark Age LP. It appears Dear had som...
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![Lady Gaga Teases 'A Star Is Born' Single]()
NewsLady Gaga Teases 'A Star Is Born' Single Published Sep 25, 2018Lady Gaga has shared a snippet of new music from her upcoming film A Star Is Born. Gaga stars in the Bradley Cooper-directed film, which...
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![Ralph A Good Girl]()
ReviewsRalph A Good Girl Published Sep 25, 2018The debut album from Ralph, aka Raffaela Weyman, continues in a similar vein to last year's excellent self-titled EP. Over exquisite pop and...
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![Freddie Gibbs and Curren$y Tease 'Fetti' EP]()
NewsFreddie Gibbs and Curren$y Tease 'Fetti' EP Published Sep 25, 2018It's been over one calendar year since Freddie Gibbs and Curren$y announced plans to team up for a collaborative EP titled Fetti, and while...
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![Bill Cosby Sentenced to 3 to 10 Years Prison for Sexual Assault]()
NewsBill Cosby Sentenced to 3 to 10 Years Prison for Sexual Assault Published Sep 25, 2018Disgraced comedy star Bill Cosby has been sentenced to state prison for three to 10 years. Montgomery County judge Steven O'Neill also d...
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!['Almost Famous' Is Getting the Broadway Musical Treatment]()
News'Almost Famous' Is Getting the Broadway Musical Treatment Published Sep 25, 2018Cameron Crowe immortalized his experience as a young kid writing for Rolling Stone in Almost Famous, and now the Oscar-winning film is makin...
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![The Black Queen Infinite Games]()
ReviewsThe Black Queen Infinite Games Published Sep 25, 2018A year after ending his career with the Dillinger Escape Plan, Greg Puciato is now putting all of his energy into the much less chaotic elec...
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![James Davis JFL42, Toronto ON, September 24]()
ReviewsJames Davis JFL42, Toronto ON, September 24 Published Sep 25, 2018Leaving James Davis's show at the Royal Theatre on Monday night, you'd be forgiven for wondering when some of his jokes were written. "I'm t...
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![Chris Fleming JFL42, Toronto ON, September 24]()
ReviewsChris Fleming JFL42, Toronto ON, September 24 Published Sep 25, 2018Chris Fleming is so exceptional that even when he's working on new stuff, his show is better than most comedians' finished material. The ult...
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![DJ Demers JFL42, Toronto ON, September 24]()
ReviewsDJ Demers JFL42, Toronto ON, September 24 Published Sep 25, 2018As Courtney Gilmour has been at her JFL42 shows this week, DJ Demers was joined on stage by American Sign Language interpreter Jennifer Lees...
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![Neko Case / Thao The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto ON, September 24]()
ReviewsNeko Case / Thao The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto ON, September 24 Published Sep 25, 2018During an encore rendition of the noir country ballad "Hell-On," Neko Case and backing vocalist Shelley Short punctuated the song's ominous...
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![Alina Baraz / Cautious Clay Phoenix Concert Hall, Toronto ON, September 24]()
ReviewsAlina Baraz / Cautious Clay Phoenix Concert Hall, Toronto ON, September 24 Published Sep 25, 2018Alina Baraz is decidedly a part of that breezy pop-R&B corner of the modern music world where names like Jhene Aiko reside, melding downtemp...
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![Donnell Rawlings JFL42, Toronto ON, September 23]()
ReviewsDonnell Rawlings JFL42, Toronto ON, September 23 Published Sep 24, 2018Donnell Rawlings' comedy channelled through his body. When he talked about the kinds of guns that different people buy, he imitated the ways...
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![Crimson Wave JFL42, Toronto ON, September 23]()
ReviewsCrimson Wave JFL42, Toronto ON, September 23 Published Sep 24, 2018A refreshing hour of candid local acts, Natalie Norman and Jess Beaulieu's feminist comedy show, Crimson Wave, stood out as one of the best...
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![Marissa Nadler For My Crimes]()
ReviewsMarissa Nadler For My Crimes Published Sep 25, 2018On For My Crimes, Marissa Nadler does a lot with a little. After inching toward rock music on 2016's Strangers, her latest album is a return...
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![Exploded View Obey]()
ReviewsExploded View Obey Published Sep 25, 2018When film critic Manny Farber coined the phrase "termite art," he wasn't referring to artists like Exploded View. A trained painter with a t...
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![Ralph A Good Girl]()
ReviewsRalph A Good Girl Published Sep 25, 2018The debut album from Ralph, aka Raffaela Weyman, continues in a similar vein to last year's excellent self-titled EP. Over exquisite pop and...
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![The Black Queen Infinite Games]()
ReviewsThe Black Queen Infinite Games Published Sep 25, 2018A year after ending his career with the Dillinger Escape Plan, Greg Puciato is now putting all of his energy into the much less chaotic elec...
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![Tim Hecker Konoyo]()
ReviewsTim Hecker Konoyo Published Sep 25, 2018With his 2016 release, Love Streams, composer Tim Hecker processed the emanations of an Icelandic choir into diffused beams of refracted obl...
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![Relive Toronto's Venus Festival in Photos]()
FeaturesRelive Toronto's Venus Festival in Photos Published Sep 24, 2018This past weekend, the second edition of Venus Fest — a musical celebration of women and non-binary artists that spans genres — hit Toronto...
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![This Funny Week in Funny Tweets: September 21, 2018]()
FeaturesThis Funny Week in Funny Tweets: September 21, 2018 Published Sep 21, 2018Willie Nelson gives the finger, Patton Oswalt's a Star Wars trivia ringer, Nintendo trends because of POTUS's thinger, Mark Forward prefers...
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!['Maniac,' Cary Fukunaga's Reality-Hopping New Show, Uses Human Connection to Stay Focused]()
Features'Maniac,' Cary Fukunaga's Reality-Hopping New Show, Uses Human Connection to Stay Focused Published Sep 20, 2018Maniac is a lot to take in. Its ten episodes whip through a vast array of styles, from spy thriller to fantasy epic, and the dizzying blend...
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![Greg Proops Discusses Buck-A-Beer, Singing with an Orchestra and Bringing His Smarts to JFL42]()
FeaturesGreg Proops Discusses Buck-A-Beer, Singing with an Orchestra and Bringing His Smarts to JFL42 Published Sep 20, 2018"The world has always been coming to an end," Greg Proops says without a hint of irony. "There've always been evil old white men, that's jus...
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![Hannibal Buress Discusses His New Sobriety, Comedy Critics, Making Music and JFL42]()
FeaturesHannibal Buress Discusses His New Sobriety, Comedy Critics, Making Music and JFL42 Published Sep 20, 2018The last time Hannibal Buress headlined a JFL42 set at the Sony Centre in Toronto, we loved the show so much, we gave it a perfect score. ...
