BRENNAN
MCCRACKEN
My writing has appeared in Maisonneuve, Musicworks, This Magazine, Visual Arts News, and The Coast, Halifax’s alt-weekly, where I was a contributing writer.
In 2020, I joined the jury of the Polaris Music Prize.
Criticism
With the Floe | Maisonneuve
Against the Stream | Maisonneuve
Profiles and reporting
Debby Friday’s energy potential | Musicworks
Markus Floats’ motion emotion | Musicworks
Glenn Copeland’s Musical Rebirth | This Magazine
Cover Story: Zamani | The Coast
Arielle Twist’s becoming | The Coast
Joseph Shabason’s patient unravelling | Musicworks
Rae Spoon’s nature of things | The Coast
Dog Day’s not over yet | The Coast
Nap Eyes’ subjective science | The Coast
Ursula Johnson vs. everyday cultural appropriation | Visual Arts News
Jeremy Dutcher: A beautiful archive of our people | The Coast
Cover Story: Charlotte Day Wilson | The Coast
Fiver’s audible history | The Coast
Lido Pimienta is lit | The Coast
OBEY X marks the spot | The Coast
Comedy of sharers | The Coast
Destroyer’s solo creation | The Coast
Old and Weird go their own way | The Coast
Reviews
on MUTEK – HYBRID – Cutting Edge Canada, Musicworks no. 139, Spring/Summer 2021
on Everyseeker – Emergent Response, Musicworks no. 237, Fall 2020
on Eva Crocker’s All I Ask | Maisonneuve
on Jordan Moffatt’s U is for Upside-Down House | Maisonneuve
on Billy-Ray Belcourt’s NDN Coping Mechanisms | Maisonneuve
on OBEY Convention XII | Musicworks
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Ongoing record reviews, Musicworks, 2020-present