Aesop Rock The Impossible Kid Rhymesayers Entertainment One of the most powerful things about hip-hop is it’s ability to present complex, dark, and deeply personal thoughts and feelings. In his latest album The Impossible Kid, rapper Aesop Rock, also known as Ian Matthias [...]
Joel Plaskett The Park Avenue Sobriety Test Pheromone Recordings Without being too hyperbolic, Joel Plaskett’s latest album The Park Avenue Sobriety Test is perhaps his best yet. The album is a tribute to the artist’s own life. The acronym The PAST is indicative of a musician [...]
The Dodos Individ Polivinyl Records Individ is the sixth studio album from The Dodos and was recorded hot on the heels of their last release, 2013’s Carrier. The 2013 release was an album that seemed haunted by the death of previous occasional contributing guitarist Chris [...]
Shakey Graves And The War Came Dualtone Music Group And The War Came, the latest release by Shakey Graves, is a tremendously powerful piece of folk revival. While many folk singers suffer from penning albums that seem bland and uninteresting after a few tracks, the songs on [...]
July Talk For Your Bloodshot Eyes Sleepless Records July Talk’s 2013 self-titled debut album crackles with energy and seethes with sexuality, largely fuelled by the tension between band leaders Peter Dreimanis and Leah Fay. Since then, in addition to a vigorous touring [...]
Tokyo Police Club Forcefield Mom + Pop It’s been four years since Canadian quartet Tokyo Police Club released their last studio-length album, and in the time since they have only continued to hone their signature pop-slash-post-punk style. The efforts of which [...]
The Dodos Carrier Polyvinyl Record Co. “What does a song hold? Was it love?” is the opening question posed on Carrier, the latest LP from San Francisco-based band The Dodos. This opening lyric sets the tone for the album –solemn, thoughtful and searching for answers. Inspired [...]
Android Lust Crater Vol. 1 Independent Funded entirely by a Kickstarter campaign, Android Lust’s newest album, Crater Vol. 1, already demonstrates that the US-based Electro-Industrial artist has a dedicated fan base. Crater Vol. 1 comes on the heels of earlier successes The [...]
Tegan And Sara Heartthrob Warner Music Canada By now Tegan and Sara are what you could call ‘seasoned veterans’ on Canada’s Indie scene. Their first album, Under Feet Like Ours, debuted in 1999 and the identical twins have played at festivals like Coachella, The Winnipeg Folk [...]
Tiga Non Stop PIAS/ Different Recording Non Stop, a whopping 28-track collection, is Tiga’s first official mix since 2005’s INTHEMIX.05. The album has the feel of a mixtape, blending tracks from other artists with some original additions. This move allows the album to feel [...]
Of Montreal Daughter of Cloud Polyvinyl Records At its best, Daughter of Cloud is a compilation album for the diehard Of Montreal fan consisting of a staggering 17 tracks of unreleased cuts and rarities. At its worst, it’s an effort by the band to reconnect with an audience [...]
Classified Joint Effort Mixtape Half Life Records Classified is one of Canada’s most prominent East-Coast Hip-Hop artists, hailing from Nova Scotia and lending his unique take to the scene by way of interesting beats, lyrics and a larger-than-life personality. Recently he [...]
