Let me preface this review by saying Iâve known Summer since she was barely out of her teens and coming out to sit in or jam at various venues I was playing at around Victoria BC. Iâve watched her career with great interest and she has ...
Martin Springett's The Gardening Club is cosmic Canadiana at its best, and his story is a CanCon prog rock version of the Searching For Sugar Man saga
Metal Blade Records
Bison is the most hyped band in Vancouver right now. Sometimes hype can be a tough thing to deal with, but these fuckers keep coming through every time. Every show is better than the next, so every album is obviously ...
Hush Hush Noise - Band Of The Month
Unfamiliar Records.
The scene has been hit by the sharp sounds of a new five piece: The Clips. The debut album Matterhorn is made of raw, electric energy mingling among melodies. Lyrically, the album is freeform, created strictly from wh...
BLACK MOUNTAIN
In The Future
Jagjaguwar
When I hear Stephen McBeanâs slowly-picked A-minor guitar intro for âStormy High,â Iâm almost tricked into thinking itâs a cover of âHellâs Bells,â but then the swing-time Black...
Camille Miller
Somewhere Near the Truth
Independent
Camille Millerâs voice is the centerpiece of this recording. A finely honed instrument that's passionate, soulful, and downright riveting, without being overbearing. Camille's song...
Cadence Weapon
Afterparty Babies
Big Dada
4/5
Canada doesn't produce a whole lot of hip-hop in general, let alone the sterile mall haven of Edmonton. As such, the sophomore album from Rollie Pemberton (aka Cadence Weapon) is going to ...
The Beatdown
Walkin' Proud
CD - LP
Stomp Records -Â STMP099
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The Beatdown have become masters of their craft! Their 2010 debut album saw the group carry on the work put down with One Night Band and carried into into garage rock terri...
Sopranoâs Bar, Victoriaâs only live karaoke joint and notorious dive bar, has closed its doors for good, going out with a bang on New Yearâs Eve.
A message posted on the barâs Facebook page on Dec. 31 served as the official annou...
'A must-have for anyone looking for a good time.
You're gonna shake your rump on the stompiest sounds
around! Lots of styles, well done, raw sound... Will
find a place within the collection (and hearth) of
people supporting self-produced bands. The ar