By Ben Boddez
Jasamine White-Gluz’s love of creepy crawlies inspires a project reflecting the many sounds of nature through a shoegaze lens.
by Ben Boddez
- Published on
The alt-pop icon has been talking lately about finding a sort of freedom in anonymity and masks, allowing herself to continue constructing her identity as a fluid work in progress. Even so, there’s no one else who could have made this album.
With an early-eighties synthwave sound and some hyperpop-esque tendencies of throwing in whatever sounds make it more fun, Allie X blends the silly irreverence of great pop lyricism with personal topics like body dysmorphia. As she says, she “takes the power back from these things by making fun of them” – and isn’t that the spirit of pop?
By Cam Delisle
The Calgary-born pop powerhouse brought her high-voltage Miss Possessive Tour to Rogers Arena for two consecutive sold-out shows.
By Hannah Harlacher
The Montreal songwriter on breaking up with the industry, choosing process over product, and building a creative life on her own terms.
