The New Music Radar
New Age Healers
New Age Healers was originally conceived as a Shoegaze / Psych solo project by multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Owen Murphy but now features singer/drummer Scott...
Wildlife
Toronto Indie rockers, Wildlife, are back with the new single "Wasted". The band stormed onto our local scene with Strike Hard, Young Diamond in...
Somehow
Somehow is an Indie / Lo-Fi project led by Erwan Pépiot, a multi-instrumentalist based in Paris.
Listen to "Shut Your Eyes And See"
Remington super 60
Remington super 60 is an indie band from Norway.
"The Highway Again" is the first single from their upcoming EP set to be released in...
The Meeting Places
The Meeting Places have a shared interest in bands like Spacemen 3, My Bloody Valentine and Ride. The four-piece developed a cohesiveness and expansive...
Live In Concert
Lowest of the Low – AGITPOP Release Party at The Danforth...
Lowest of the Low AGITPOP Record Release party, Danforth Music Hall, Toronto, May 31.
Words by Jacqueline Howell. Photos by Dave MacIntyre.
It’s a spring Friday...
Music Reviews
Looms – The Way Up
Born out of a summer break-up, The Way Up - the third album from Brooklyn band Looms - is a creature of two halves...
The Specials Encore: Well-Turned Out
By Jacqueline Howell
The Specials, by now an institution to those who know, reached...
Lucifer – Lucifer II
Metal music and the biblical character known as Lucifer have always had a close relationship. Fifty years into the genre’s existence, simply...
Dead Swords – Enders
Dead Swords is the project resulting from
the combined creative forces of Alex Rosamilia of The Gaslight Anthem and Corey
Perez of Bottomfeeder and...
J Mascis – Elastic Days
I recently had the pleasure of fulfilling a dream; seeing a J Mascis solo set live. After absorbing hours on YouTube of...
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DISARM's VIDEO PLAYLIST
James Atkin D.R.A.M.A (Official Music Video)
03:57
Neon Bloom – Lighten Up (official music video)
02:59
Dear Boy - Heaven Moves (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
04:22
Richard James Simpson - Job (Official Video)
05:28
ASHRR - CITIES IN DUST [Siouxsie and The Banshees Cover] (Official Lyric Video)
03:29
High Top Kicks by Fake Crush feat. Matthew O'Halloran
02:17
AKIVA - 'Broken Ship' (Official Video)
04:03
THE DEAD SOUND - No Tomorrow (New Single/Official Audio)
03:39
TREMENDOUS - Open for Closing (Official Music Video)
02:57
Finally Found
04:13
Solitude In Apathy - The Other
05:03
Tongue Helmet - Sunstroke (Music Video)
02:48
The Neville Staple Band " Put Away Your Knives" (Official Music Video)
04:01
SMASHING LADS - Cracking Up (Official Video)
03:28
Johnny Lloyd - 'I'll Be Me' (Official Audio)
02:17
Membranes: 'A Strange Perfume'
03:47
Sam Cohen - I Can't Lose
05:25
The Soft Cavalry - Dive (Official Audio)
04:17
New Idea Society "Wave Goodbye" (Official Audio)
06:25
Grizzly Coast - Half-Light Boy (Official Video)
04:14
Pick a Number
04:53
The Jins - Pop Song (Official Lyric Video)
03:07
Spotlights "The Particle Noise" (pre-order now)
04:57
ASHRR - Don't Wait Too Long
04:18
Paliki - Over the hill
04:02
Jane's Party - Casual Island [official lyric video]
04:29
SMASHING LADS - Bitter (Official Video)
04:01
BLACK VULPINE - Limbus (Official Video)
05:54
Murray A. Lightburn - To The Top
04:07
Basic White - Time To Leave (Official Music Video)
03:16
BEAUTY IN CHAOS ft. TISH CIRAVOLO - LOOK UP (Official Video)
05:29
Bitch Falcon Prime Number
05:19
VICTORY CHIMES - 40 DAYS ON THE BRIDGE
05:04
This Is England - Official Video
03:02
Morrissey & Marshall - Cold November Sunrise (The Late Late Show)
03:46
WILD LYFE by POLARTROPICA featuring Jett Kwong
04:22
WOOING - Could Have Been (Official Video)
04:06
The Suncharms - Red Dust
05:59
THE MOON - THE NAIVE (official music video)
03:48
Acid Dad - Living With A Creature (Official Video)
02:38
Shad - "Stakes Is High (De La Soul Cover)" | House Of Strombo
04:08
Bilk - Spiked
02:59
The Bandicoots - Shady Lane (Official Video)
03:08
Nax. (ft: The Churchhill Garden) - Atrapado (En el ámbar eterno)
06:54
Hero Fisher - If I Die and Nothing Happens (Official Video) *FLASH WARNING*
03:39
Astronaut Project - Reptilian Song (Video Oficial)
05:23
Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon (Transformed) (Official Audio)
04:59
All Them Witches - "Diamond" [Official Video]
06:13
The Twilight Sad // I/m Not Here [missing face] (Official Video)
05:40
Still Corners - The Trip
06:15
Repeating Patterns [OFFICIAL VIDEO]
04:13
Silent Forum - How I Faked The Moon Landing (Video)
06:23
Swoone - This Bullet Never Kills
03:48
Starframes - Berlin is in love
03:50
Sally Dige - "Sail to Me" (Official Music Video)
04:12
Basement Revolver - Knocking (Official Audio)
04:53
Somehow - While the Days Go By
03:39
Orbital - Kein Trink Wasser
09:28
Almagrey - Drag Me Down
03:05
Stella Diana - Iris
05:01
Shiiine On Festival 2018
01:11
NANAKI - The Days Go By
07:10
Vast Asteroid - Encrypted (Official Video)
03:24
Citrus Clouds- You Loved Me First
04:11
Crooked Teeth - Mountain Song
04:28
10 O'Clock Chemical - Babylon is Fallen
03:45
JAGUWAR - Crystal (official video)
05:22
Vast Asteroid - Poison Fang (Official Video)
06:31
Ask For Joy - Pull My String
04:06
Tim Muddiman And The Strange - Get It On - (Official Video)
03:13
Miniatures - Honey (Official Music Video)
05:54
Peter Hook and The Light - Love Will Tear Us Apart : Live @ Shiiiine On Weekender 2017
05:43
Citrus Clouds - Life Happens
03:18
CLUSTERSUN - Lonely Moon
04:11
Blushing - "Weak" (Official Video)
04:29
The Afghan Whigs - Can Rova/Last Goodbye (Union Transfer) Philadelphia,Pa 9.12.17
07:25
The OBGMs - Torpedo (Official Video 2017)
02:56
Explosions in the Sky - Wilderness
04:37
The Dears - Lost In The Plot
03:55
Apocalypse - Cigarettes After Sex
04:51
Beliefs /// Ghosts
04:56
Vinyl
All Nerve, The Acropolis, and Mom: The Breeders’ whiplash masterpiece –...
By Jacqueline Howell
To preface: I was there. I was twenty years old in 1993. If you weren't, please Nevermind the narrow story you've gleaned...
Wild Arrows – Dreamlike Dream
Wild Arrows
Dreamlike Dream
2018
Black Vinyl
Dreamlike Dream, the second album by Brooklyn duo Wild Arrows pushes further into the realm of New Wave and Shoegaze than...
Wild Arrows – Tell Everyone
Wild Arrows
Tell Everyone
2014
Black Vinyl (Gotta Groove Records)
Wild Arrows, the Brooklyn Alternative/Dream-Pop duo once consisting of Mike Law (vocals and other instruments) and Shiori Takenoshita...
Film
The Florida Project: Childhood’s Essence
What do you do when the official, powerful, grown up world is a false front, as useless as balsa wood, and the...
Suede: The Insatiable Ones Documentary Review
‘I once described the history of the band as being like a pram that’s been pushed down a hill. There was always a hint...
Halloween 2018 Review
Is there any subject in the history of cinema more divisive and debated than a sequel? Whether or not follow-up films are necessary and...
TV and Streaming
Duncan Jones’ Mute: No Words
By Jacqueline Howell, Disarm Editor
I urge you to set aside two hours this weekend to watch the best film since 1982's Blade Runner of...
Twin Peaks: A Limited Event Series Blu-Ray Boxset – A Feast...
By Matt Sitler
What to say that hasn't been said already about maverick filmmaker David Lynch?
Finally handed the funding, freedom and platform to drill his...
Pop Culture
Hitting Vegas On Tour: The Ultimate Guide For Music Lovers
Whether you're a music fan or in a band, checking out the Vegas live music...
Tully Film Review: A masterclass in modern storytelling
By Jacqueline Howell
Astute filmgoers likely don't need to revisit the exciting trajectory of Diablo Cody...
Have you been following Halt and Catch Fire? Because you should.
By Stephen Porzio
On the basis of its first season, one would never have thought AMC's...
The Big Feastival Comes to Canadian Shores August 18-20
DID YOU KNOW?
Toronto and Canada has a new, exciting event venue, a shining, idyllic jewel...
Kuso review – Flying Lotus takes a leap into abstract body horror / comedy
Kuso is the feature length debut of Steven Ellison a.k.a musician Flying Lotus a.k.a. rapper...
Books
Listen to Moby Narrate Porcelain. A Memoir.
Moby came to prominence in my world in the early 90s when the rave scene in Toronto was still primarily underground. Electronic...
Book Review – Robin by Dave Itzkoff
It’s no surprise to discover that the late, lamented Robin Williams, man of a million other men, was a multi-layered personality: school-age recluse, joke-stealing...
Listen to John Taylor Narrate In the Pleasure Groove
In The Pleasure Groove: Love, Death, and Duran Duran takes a trip through bassist John Taylor’s life of extremes, from his perspective and in...
Book Review – Wayne and Ford: The Films, the Friendship, and the Forging of...
In the final chapter of Wayne and Ford: The Films, the Friendship, and the Forging of an American Hero, a new study of the...
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20 DISARMing Questions for Simon Berridge of Bromide
Bromide are a London-based Indie band comprised of Simon Berridge, Ed Lush, and Hugo Wilkinson with influences heavily rooted in Husker Du, Teenage Fanclub,...
Just Like a Dream: The Cure Announces One Day Daydream Festival...
By Jacqueline Howell
On the heels of the recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, amid a series of milestone performances and announcements,...
Lowest of the Low – AGITPOP Release Party at The Danforth...
Lowest of the Low AGITPOP Record Release party, Danforth Music Hall, Toronto, May 31.
Words by Jacqueline Howell. Photos by Dave MacIntyre.
It’s a spring Friday...
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Beth Rettig was raised in Africa (Nigeria, Botswana and South Africa) and moved to the United Kingdom in 2000. There she hooked up with...
Gigantic All Dayer Vol. 5 – May 25th, Manchester Academy
Back for its fifth outing on a drizzly Saturday in late May (well it is Manchester and it is a British bank holiday) comes...
21 DISARMing Questions for Andy Golding of The Wolfhounds / Dragon...
Andrew Golding, founding member of C86 pioneers The Wolfhounds, has debuted his
solo album under the moniker Dragon Welding, which is a clever anagram of...
Remembering Dave Bookman: The Spirit Of Radio – May 30, 1960...
By Jacqueline Howell
Toronto radio's quiet legend, Dave Bookman ("Bookie" to everyone) died today just after midnight, after a month-long hospital stay. We'll always remember:...
Looms – The Way Up
Born out of a summer break-up, The Way Up - the third album from Brooklyn band Looms - is a creature of two halves...
The Twilight Sad in Toronto, May 16th 2019
The Twilight Sad: Toronto, Velvet Underground, May 16th, 2019.
The Twilight Sad have returned to Toronto with their latest album It Won't Be Like This...
