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 ...
Bill Johnson contributes eight originals to his Still Blue, each one a fine example of a contemporary blues song, not merely a retread of a familiar 12 bar theme, and each sung in his evocative voice. The variety of approaches, from the sne...
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...
Cracker
Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey
429 Records
Since the early 1990s, and most famously with 1993âs platinum selling Kerosene Hat, Cracker has been providing an interesting take on contemporary alternative country (think ...
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...
Find someone who thinks tapes arenât cool and Iâll shove my Sony Walkman up his bum. Tapes are still rad and this Anion tape is no different. Itâs red in colour and resembling the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles soundtrack cassette tape ...
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...
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...