BeatRoute Magazine AB Edition - February 2020

Contents
Music
4n UP FRONT
Canadian musician, broadcaster,
and the host of the evening
program Afterdark on CBC
Music, Odario Williams makes
our hearts skip a beat with his
Valentine’s Day playlist.
6n Artist Features
Green Day, Destroyer, The
Beaches, Louis CZA the Black
Greek God, $NOT, Andy Shauf
and more.
13n STYLE
Toronto’s rising pop star RALPH
shows BeatRoute her bedroom
closet and shines a light on her
uncompromising career that’s
taken her from opening for Carly
Rae Jepsen to dazzling new
heights.
17n Monthly Playlist
All the singles we can’t stop
listening to this month.
27n Album Reviews
Grimes, Mac Miller, Halsey, Tennis,
Cindy Lee, Soccer Mommy,
and more.
BC
Cover Story
Green Day
Destroyer
Ralph
Odario
& More
20 Tame Impala
The unassailable empathy of
Australian psych-everything
mastermind, Kevin Parker.
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LifeStyle
30nTravel
Mexico City: Explore the
sprawling metropolis where
tradition and cutting edge
converge.
32nThat's Dope
Laze and level out in Canada’s
best sesh suits.
YYC
35nVivian Maier
The Glenbow Museum
sheds light on America’s
“sensitive eye” street
shooter.
36nYYC Agenda
Calgary’s ultimate winter
festival Block Heater heats
up their programming with
imaginative and explorative
programming in its fifth
year.
38nFree House
Not your everyday pub fare,
Calgary’s newest beer hall
for food lovers embraces a
Canadiana vibe with style.
39nLocal Artist Spotlight
Seth Anderson channels
positivity, Scratch Buffalo
live out their dreams and
Port Juvee look forward to
the future.
40nEssential Edmonton
Tanya Tagaq's Qiksaaktuq
("Grief") is a collaborative
work with the Edmonton
Symphony Orchestra. Hot
rod punks The Confusionaries
storm the Aviary and
alt-rock balladeers KFB
ride the Buck.
41n Cheat Sheet
BeatRoute’s Essential List
— the must-see shows this
month in Calgary.
Photographer Annie Forrest goes on the road
with psychedelic country crooner Orville Peck.
Visit beatroute.ca for a sneak peak behind the
scenes through her camera lens.
Khruangbin & Leon Bridges’
collaborative EP Texas Sun,
read our review on page 27.
FEBRUARY 2020 BEATROUTE 3
ANNIE FORREST
POONEH GHANA