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Machine Gun Kelly has a strong message for anyone who questions his rock ’n’ roll roots: “Fuck you.” During a recent appearance on the Howard Stern Show, MGK confirmed he is frequently targeted by haters who believe he doesn’t deserve the success he’s achieved. He said he was confused by people’s animosity toward him, but believes it […]

Whether you’re in love with an emo girl, or vibe more with Willow’s 2019 self-titled LP, it’s hard to deny that she has genre-spanning hits up her sleeve. Her latest single and video for “PURGE,” alongside Siiickbrain, are just part of that story.  On Friday, the artist known elsewhere as Willow Smith dropped her new track […]

Machine Gun Kelly has unleashed his latest studio album, Mainstream Sellout. Featuring appearances from Lil Wayne, Young Thug, Willow, Gunna, Oliver Sykes of Bring Me the Horizon, Iann Dior, Blackbear, Landon Barker, and his good friend Pete Davidson, Mainstream Sellout is the follow-up to MGK’s 2020 effort, the chart-topping Tickets to My Downfall. That record saw MGK move away […]

Cardi B has never shied away from showing love to other celebrities and musicians. The Bronx artist did just that on Tuesday when she took to Twitter to reveal that she’s a fan My Chemical Romance. Cardi praised the emo rock band by sharing a clip from the music video of their hit song “I’m […]

Following freshly after his Osheaga slot announcement, Edwin Raphael has shared his looping new track, “Have You Been Told.”  The single shows the Dubai-born, Montreal-based indie folk songwriter in a delicate light, mixing familiar acoustic melancholy with Eastern-style scales. “‘HYBT’ steers through the fixation of constant repetitive cycles from a place that is ‘all blown […]

Machine Gun Kelly has teased the tracklist for his new album Mainstream Sellout, the follow-up to his 2020 pop-punk record Tickets to My Downfall.  The latest effort from the 31-year-old artist will feature appearances from a wide variety of guests, including his good friend Pete Davidson, who won’t be singing or rapping. Also appearing are Bring Me the […]

Toronto has been fighting to be known as a music city for years. Though many of the city’s concert venues, bars, and clubs have shut down due to a myriad of infrastructure issues— on top of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic—one Toronto resident is memorializing these spaces in a small way. Andrew Smith started building community […]

Canada’s queen of pop-punk, Fefe Dobson, is back. “FCKN IN LOVE”, her first track in eight years, shows the Toronto singer at her most joyful and effervescent. With bright synths and emphatic drums, “FCKN IN LOVE” has the flavour of 2010s indie pop, complimenting Dobson’s lovesick lyrics that beg to be sung along to.    “The […]

After his case was dismissed by a California judge earlier this month, the man who appeared on Nirvana’s Nevermind album art as a baby has refiled his child pornography lawsuit. In December, the surviving members of Nirvana asked the court to dismiss the sexual exploitation suit over the 1991 album cover, which featured a naked baby swimming […]

It’s top of a new year, which—for the pandemic era iteration of live music—means fans and organizers alike are left with a number of question marks surrounding major festivals like Coachella. The Indio, California-set festival hasn’t taken place since 2019 due to continued COVID-19 concerns. The initially announced lineup for the ultimately-called-off ’19 event included confirmed headliners […]