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 ...
A review of Everybody Left's Season One (2009 - 13) compilation album.
New single by The Glorious Sons a catchy summer hummer.
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 ...
Crop Circle may have taken their name from the controversial 70âs phenomenon, but they have also managed to contribute to a more recent enigma: the earworm. Traditionally, this little beastie takes the form of a trite pop song (think Ms. ...
Indie Rock Hall of Famers, Lowest Of The Low, celebrate new album release October 12 in Kingston with By Divine Right
With her fifth album release on April 1 and Western Canadian tour dates throughout April, Orit Shimoniâs Bitter is the New Sweet opens up an exciting new chapter in the life of one Canadaâs most brilliant and lyrically impactful vocalis...
Angela Verbrugge: The Night We Couldnât Say Goodnight (Gut String) A review of the debut album from the Canadian vocalist
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...
Lay it On Me
Self-distributed
Waa-BOOM! With an album title ripped from frontman Ryan Hobenâs muscleman tattoos, indiefolkrocksters Minto punch it open with sludgy dirge, âNew Bonesâ â formerly a chooglinâ alt-country number i...
CD REVIEW
The Bicyclesâ Oh No, Itâs Love is not the kind of record that warrants a large, wordy review filled with pretentious journalistic nit-picking. The fact of the matter is simple: Oh No, Itâs Love is filled to the rim with h...