Wire Revisit Past Songs While Looking to the Future on Compilation '10:20'

Published Jun 18, 2020

Wire's newest release — their second of 2020, originally intended for Record Store Day but then rescheduled for obvious reasons — is a compi...

Musheen's 'Etat' Shows That Cranking the Volume Is More Important Than Reinventing the Wheel

Published May 28, 2020

Etat — probably referring to the French word for "state" — is the newest full-length release from three piece punk/grunge outfit Musheen. Th...

Amyl and the Sniffers Velvet Underground, Toronto ON, July 22

Published Jul 23, 2019

If you don't like Amyl and the Sniffers, chances are you don't like rock'n'roll. Amyl have mercy on your soul. Amyl and the Sniffers are an...

The Alternative Show with Andy Kindler JFL42, Second City, Toronto ON, September 28

Published Sep 29, 2017

Andy Kindler was on fire for the third of five Alternative Shows at JFL42 this week. It was a somewhat smaller crowd than the previous night...

The Alternative Show with Andy Kindler JFL42, Second City, Toronto ON, September 27

Published Sep 28, 2017

Andy Kindler has been hosting "The Alternative Show" since the mid-'90s, when he launched it at Montreal's Just For Laughs festival, where i...

Judah Friedlander JFL42, Royal Theatre, Toronto ON, September 26

Published Sep 27, 2017

Judah Friedlander was a stone cold killer at the Royal Theatre. He resembled Charles Manson in Michael Moore's clothes as he stared out at t...

Sara Hennessey JFL42, Comedy Bar, Toronto ON, September 23

Published Sep 24, 2017

Sara Hennessey and opener Andrew Johnston are two of Ontario's most promising young comedians with a lot in common. Both are unabashedly exp...

Janeane Garofalo JFL42, Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Toronto ON, July 22

Published Sep 23, 2017

Janeane Garofalo was a capriciously funny figure Friday night at Toronto's Queen Elizabeth Theatre. At times she was laid back, whimsical, e...

John Mulaney L'Olympia, Montreal QC, July 29

Published Jul 30, 2017

John Mulaney's new hour of standup is one to top the rest. Mulaney was typically slick, funny and at times amusingly angry in a way only he...

Ari Shaffir's Skeptic Tank Hyatt Hotel, Montreal QC, July 29

Published Jul 30, 2017

Busy standup comedian Ari Shaffir held a live taping of his podcast Skeptic Tank at the Hyatt Hotel in Montreal on Saturday. Joining him wer...

Guys We F@#ked Podcast Hyatt Hotel, Montreal QC, July 28

Published Jul 29, 2017

Guys We F@#ked — the popular anti-slut-shaming podcast hosted by comedians Corinne Fisher and Krystyna Hutchinson — put on a live taping at...

New Faces of Comedy Katacombes, Montreal QC, July 28

Published Jul 29, 2017

Friday night's New Faces of Comedy set was a brilliant whirlwind of talent and funny all squeezed into a roughly hour show at the fiercely i...

Mark Forward Wins All the Awards Monument National, Montreal QC, July 27

Published Jul 28, 2017

The line between surrealism and stupidity is seldom so blurred as when Mark Forward performs. The award-winning comedian's new hour of stand...

Michael Che Matters

Published Mar 03, 2017

Michael Che, co-anchor of "Weekend Update" on Saturday Night Live, tackles just about every divisive topic America has to offer his new spec...

Dylan Moran Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Toronto ON, October 14

Published Oct 15, 2016

Dylan Moran's packed "Off the Hook" performance in Toronto at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre was hilarious, whimsical, cerebral and warm. The l...

DeAnne Smith Garrison, Toronto ON, September 28

Published Sep 29, 2016

Toronto's own DeAnne Smith performed brilliantly at the Garrison on Wednesday night.  Always a hair's breadth away from an internal monologu...

Jim Jefferies Sony Centre For the Performing Arts, Toronto ON, September 24

Published Sep 25, 2016

Jim Jefferies isn't the coddling type. He's made his name by pushing boundaries and he's not keen on asking permission to do it. In other wo...

Hasan Minhaj Royal Theatre, Toronto ON, September 24

Published Sep 25, 2016

Daily Show correspondent Hasan Minhaj — perhaps best known in Canada for his recent satirical interview with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau r...

Sam Kinison Family Entertainment Hour

Published Aug 26, 2016

Sam Kinison's 1991 Family Entertainment Hour is a 51-minute barrage of glib hypotheticals, withering sarcasm and rage. He's mean, clever and...

Joan Rivers Don't Start With Me

Published Aug 12, 2016

Joan Rivers was 78-years-old when she released her last comedy special, aptly titled Don't Start With Me. Love her or not, her vibrancy, pit...