With five years having passed since Wayfarer were last in Toronto, vocalist/guitarist Shane McCarthy took a moment near the beginning of their set to comment on how great it felt to be back in th...
http://www.panicmanual.com/2024/05/18/concert-review-wayfarer-may-17-the-garrison/
“Lost Changes” is the latest single from Portishead’s Beth Gibbons, taken off her debut solo album Lives Outgrown. Check out the Juno Calypso-directed video for “Lost Changes” below. Li...
http://www.panicmanual.com/2024/05/17/song-of-the-day-beth-gibbons-lost-changes/
When a band comes through your town on a tour that they’ve labelled “The Incessant Drone of Misery Tour,” it’s a fairly safe bet that they’re not going to be singing tunes about sunshin...
http://www.panicmanual.com/2024/05/13/concert-review-esoteric-may-12-the-garrison/
“Vertigo” is the latest single from Miki Berenyi Trio, the eponymous new project from Lush/Piroshka frontwoman Miki Berenyi. Check it out below. The post Song of the Day: Miki Berenyi Trio ...
http://www.panicmanual.com/2024/05/09/song-of-the-day-miki-berenyi-trio-vertigo/
When she was just a young child, Patricia Bbaale Bandak’s mother was killed on Christmas Eve. Years later, looking for a connection to her past, Bandak travels from her current home in Denmark ...
http://www.panicmanual.com/2024/05/08/hot-docs-review-death-of-a-saint-patricia-bbaale-bandak-2024/
Joseph Stalin is widely regarded as one of the most notorious and ruthless dictators in history. So I will admit to being slightly taken aback when, at the outset of Benjamin Kodboel’s Goodnigh...
http://www.panicmanual.com/2024/05/06/hot-docs-review-goodnight-mister-stalin-benjamin-kodboel-2024/
As filmmakers go, Martin Scorsese is surely one of the all time greats. With a career going back more than 50 years and including films such as Taxi Driver, Goodfellas, The Last Temptation of Chr...
Christmas. It’s merry. It’s jolly. It’s happy. It’s the most wonderful time of the year, right? At least that’s what the song says. Of course, we know this can’t be the case for every...
http://www.panicmanual.com/2024/05/05/hot-docs-review-so-this-is-christmas-ken-wardrop-2023/
On the occasion of his 56th birthday, Chilean gold miner Toto writes a journal entry in which he notes, “There are hardly any miners anymore.” Given the amount of labour he puts into his work...
“Slyce” is the latest single from Austin shoegazers Blushing, taken off their upcoming third album Sugarcoat, which is due out May 3 via Kanine Records. Check it out. The post Song of the D...
http://www.panicmanual.com/2024/04/21/song-of-the-day-blushing-slyce/