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Dec 20, 2024 | 
quipmag.com | Myles Herod
Australian psych-rockers Pond have a talent for giving their fans exactly what they want during a live show. Given their pedigree, they proved to be a perfect fit for Toronto’s long-standing Danforth Music Hall. Possessing big sound inside such a big venue, the band’s booming synths echoed mightily amid a sold-out crowd while lead singer Nicholas Allbrook showcased his best Mick Jagger moves, occasionally sashaying his way through the crowd.
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Sep 16, 2024 | 
aestheticmagazinetoronto.com | Myles Herod |Paul Rudd |Tim Robinson
By: Myles Herod –Ostensibly a comedy, “Friendship” directed by Andrew DeYoung, has the hallmarks of a thriller, but we can’t put our finger on why that is. The film follows Craig Waterman (Tim Robinson), a suburban father and corporate schlub whose company develops apps making brands more addictive. Outside of work, Craig buys all his clothes at the same shop and doesn’t have many friends, instead opting for home domesticity with wife Tami (Kate Mara) and their son Steven (Jack Dylan Grazer).
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Sep 6, 2024 | 
aestheticmagazinetoronto.com | Myles Herod
By: Myles Herod –Beginning with low-rent horror films in the 1970s, auteur David Cronenberg has moved film-by-film to the top of the ranks making him Canada’s elder statesman of cinema. Unhurried, talkative, and strangely haunting, “The Shrouds” is not a return to the body-horror of his earlier works like “Rabid,” “Videodrome,” or “The Fly”. Instead its vision, which never compromises, is in a constant sense of loss.
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Aug 6, 2024 | 
weraddicted.com | Myles Herod
There’s nothing quite like the deafening noise of thousands of rowdy concertgoers the moment a favourite band from their past kicks into a set. For Floridian nu-metal icons Limp Bizkit, Fred Durst and company had plenty left in the tank to give their fans want they wanted – a riotous show at Toronto’s Budweiser Stage.
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May 14, 2024 | 
quipmag.com | Myles Herod
Katie Crutchfield (better known as Waxahatchee) took the stage at a nearly sold-out Massey Hall performing songs off her critically acclaimed latest offering Tigers Blood. Dressed top-to-toe in black, the 35-year-old was pitch-perfect for every note of the 100-minute show, most of which was dedicated to predominantly new material.
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Dec 21, 2023 | 
weraddicted.com | Myles Herod
Jazmin Bean, the enigmatic 20-year-old alt star from across the pond, was quite intent on disrupting expectations and giving concertgoers something certainly eye-catching recently. Performing their first-ever headlining show in Canada at Toronto’s Velvet Underground, it marked a perfect introduction to the UK singer’s playfully absurd world.
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Oct 28, 2023 | 
quipmag.com | Myles Herod
Laetitia Tamko, better known as Vagabon, took over Toronto’s Velvet Underground for a one-night performance during her North American tour. The tour is in support of her recent album, Sorry I Haven’t Called, released this September. Dramatic stage lighting filled the space spotlighting an abundance of synthesizers, guitars, drums, and a saxophone littered the rest.
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Sep 18, 2023 | 
weraddicted.com | Myles Herod
He looks worn down. Something is weighing on him. A cold case he’s been assigned is 20 years old. And now here he is, in the middle of the Australian outback, an arid landscape of opal mines and an unsolved murder. The only thing keeping Detective Travis Hurley functioning is heroin and his job. And it’s not getting any better. Simon Baker (unrecognizable with tattoos and a buzzcut) plays the aforementioned cop, embodying an individual dangling by a thread.
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Sep 16, 2023 | 
aestheticmagazinetoronto.com | Myles Herod
By: Myles Herod –Leave it to 50-year-old Harmony Korine to bring the most experimental and derided film to TIFF. AGGRO DR1FT is unintelligible, irritating, deliberately one note and careless of the ways in which people watch movies. Yes, pushing the envelope is part of Korine’s modus operandi, that’s a given knowing his track record. Nevertheless, we as the viewing audience deserve at least something in return.
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Sep 16, 2023 | 
aestheticmagazinetoronto.com | Myles Herod |Simon Baker
By: Myles Herod –He looks worn down. Something is weighing on him. A cold case he’s been assigned is 20 years old. And now here he is, in the middle of the Australian outback, an arid landscape of opal mines and an unsolved murder. The only thing keeping Detective Travis Hurley functioning is heroin and his job. And it’s not getting any better. Simon Baker (unrecognizable with tattoos and a buzzcut) plays the aforementioned cop, embodying an individual dangling by a thread.
