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Idles: Repurposing the Aesthetics of Masculinity

November 9, 2020CounterPointMcGill

For a while now, intellectuals far more qualified than myself have been saying that masculinity is in crisis. On the right, they see the fight against toxic masculinity as an attack on all masculinity, and, on the left, there has… Continue Reading →

Opinions

Montreal artist Qi Yama enjoying his own musical renaissance

November 7, 2020CounterPointMcGill

If you listen to Qi Yama’s music, his influences are pretty clear. He takes after some of the more melancholic hip-hop artists of the 21st century like Frank Ocean, Kid Cudi, and 808s-era Kanye, making a sort of lo-fi sad… Continue Reading →

Reviews

Artist Profile: Gorillaz

November 5, 2020CounterPointMcGill

Not many others compare to the uniqueness of Gorillaz, even if it stems solely from the fact that they’re technically a virtual band. Though their lifespan has traversed over two decades, they continue to develop varieties of post-modern sounds. In… Continue Reading →

Artist Profile Series

Artist Profile: LANY

November 2, 2020CounterPointMcGill

When Paul Jason Klein decided to fly to LA to meet up with friends Leslie (Les) Priest and Jake Goss in 2014, LANY was born. LANY was born. Priest and Goss had been working on their own project, WRLDS, but… Continue Reading →

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Artist Profile: Mitski

October 27, 2020CounterPointMcGill

The spokesperson of desire, Mitski Miyasaki, is currently on an indefinite break. Her last show – for now – was on SummerStage in Central Park to an audience filled with excitement and faint heartbreak. For two hours or so, the… Continue Reading →

Artist Profile Series

New Music Monday 10/26/20

October 26, 2020CounterPointMcGill

Benny the Butcher- Burden of Proof Griselda records has had 2020 on lock, flooding the industry with their unapologetically gritty sound. The Buffalo crew consisting of Conway the Machine, Westside Gunn and Benny the Butcher, are showing no signs of… Continue Reading →

New Music Mondays

COUNTERPOINT – ISSUE 6

October 26, 2020CounterPointMcGill

Issue 6. Click cover to read!

Issues

COUNTERPOINT — ISSUE 5

October 26, 2020CounterPointMcGill

Issue 5. Click cover to read!

Issues

Artist Profile: Tori Amos

October 26, 2020CounterPointMcGill

Tori Amos was 5 years old when she enrolled at Johns Hopkins University’s Peabody Institute, and 11 when she was thrown out. Deemed a prodigy, being the youngest student to ever enroll, she couldn’t sightread the notes up to the… Continue Reading →

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Artist Profile: Death From Above 1979

October 21, 2020CounterPointMcGill

Lead singer and drummer Sebastien Grainger and bassist and backing vocalist Jesse F. Keeler make up the two-piece band Death from Above 1979. The specifics concerning how and when the two met has not been confirmed, however, they were both… Continue Reading →

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