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Navigating Romance as Both Path and Place — An Interview with Fontaines D.C.
Love is a sacred feeling, perhaps the most sacred of all—a complex, multifaceted force that requires not just passion, but a willingness...
Tonitruale Live - Thurston Moore is New in Town and Looking to Set Up Shop
The legendary Thurston Moore dials in to chat about everything you need to know about his upcoming album, "Flow Critical Lucidity."
I Liked Them Before They Became Popular
When I was thirteen, I was initiated into what people online called "real music." My cousin encouraged me to listen to the Red Hot Chili...
Gov Ball 2024, Day 3: Kevin Abstract is Still a Gays Only Event
Photo by Anna Downs “It's a quarter after one, I'm all alone and I need you now...” There are very few artists that could open their set...
Charli XCX Revisits Her Roots and Redefines The "Pop Star" Title on BRAT
"Wondering about whether I think I deserve commercial success, it's running through my mind. Sometimes, I really think it would be cool...
So Horny I’m Bending Time: Indie Sleaze and the Collapse of Culture
Illustration by Taya Welter Coming straight out of 2024’s winter-spring collection of post-niche-micro-macro-trends, and guaranteed to be...
Roisin Ferguson
Oct 30, 20224 min read
Belly-Laughing to a Joke with No Translation: A Review of 'Being Funny in a Foreign Language'
Thinking about The 1975 can get quite metaphysical quite quickly. They’ve been around for over a decade. Not only that, but they’ve been...
Alex M
Oct 28, 20223 min read
GIFT's Momentary Presence Gives Us a Present Worth Hearing
Autumn is considered by many to be a season of bountiful harvests, and in the music world, it’s no different–we’re getting absolutely...
Janset Yasar
Oct 24, 20224 min read
Arctic Monkeys - The Car Review: Maybe Rock'n'Roll Isn't Waiting Around the Corner Anymore
"That rock’n’roll, eh? That rock’n’roll, it just won’t go away." said Alex Turner eight years ago. He had dropped the mic, murmured...
Rob Lucchesi
Oct 22, 20224 min read
Do You Like Stumpwork? Dry Cleaning's Deadpan Fever Dreams Come to Life
Photos by Guy Bolongaro When Janset, our ever-patient editor and fearless leader here at Tonitruale, emailed me with a request to review...
Rob Lucchesi
Oct 21, 20223 min read
Swear I'll Be Good: Stephen Babcock Knows Exactly What You Need to Hear
Photos by Luke Rogers (@lukemrogers) Stephen Babcock is simple, easy listening. Likened to a Neo John Mayor, he's been included in the...
Roisin Ferguson
Oct 16, 20222 min read
Oceans of time personifies beauty in its purest, most natural form
Amidst the misty tones of Hurley’s production, de Oliveria’s vocals ring with the softness of an angel and the tender playfulness of a...
Alex M
Oct 14, 20223 min read
Dust Cwaine's Magical Debut, "Arcana"
Out just in time for autumn, Vancouver-based songwriter Dust Cwaine has brought the weird, whimsical, and wonderful with their debut...
Alex M
Sep 30, 20222 min read
Disq's Sophomore Album, "Desperately Imagining Somewhere Quiet," Is A Thrill Ride of Autumn Vibes
Autumn is upon us, days growing shorter and a chill in the air. But October’s on the horizon, and so is Disq’s sophomore album,...
Roisin Ferguson
Sep 30, 20227 min read
Dream Ivory's ‘About a Boy’ is an introspective delve into how to grow as a person in today’s times.
written by Róisín Ferguson and featuring words by Christian Baello of Dream, Ivory. “We started writing this album and thought, let’s...
Rob Lucchesi
Sep 29, 20224 min read
Stay TUFF, Hot Stuff- Growing Up and Finding Love with jessa
Photo by Carina Allen (@rlyblonde) The thing about growing up is once we hit a certain age, we think we've outgrown certain things and...
Roisin Ferguson
Sep 27, 20224 min read
A Guide to the Modern Day Guitar Hero
written by guitarist of Dublin Band - 'RECO'; Mark O' Loan, and Róisín Ferguson London, 1966. Word is going around that there is a new,...
Rob Lucchesi
Sep 26, 20224 min read
Playing All Four Quarters- Sports Team's "Gulp!" Can't Quite Catch It's Pace
Photo via @sportsteam on Instagram Sports Team, man. It’s funny, it’s catchy, it’s maybe one of the best band names in the history of...
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