Mac DeMarco @ The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto May 12, 2017 Drinks, jokes, stage dives and singing happy birthday—every fan knows that attending a Mac DeMarco show feels a lot like catching a friend’s gig in the city. The 27-year-old Western Canadian played to a sold out [...]
Mogwai Rave Tapes Sub Pop Records Since they first introduced Mogwai Young Team to the world, this band has made the listening experience in itself an art form. With droning synths, creepy crescendos, and heartbeat drum thumps, Mogwai’s eighth studio album, Rave Tapes, upholds [...]
Crystal Castles Crystal Castles (III) Fiction / Casablanca / Universal Republic There was Crystal Castles (I), Crystal Castles (II), and finally here is their third self-titled album, Crystal Castles (III). Torontonians Alice Glass and Ethan Kath have brought their brand of [...]
Indian Handcrafts Civil Disobedience For Losers Sargent House Records When listening to Civil Disobedience For Losers, one might think that this much sound could only come from a full five-piece band. But, then you realize that Indian Handcrafts is a duo. The Barrie, [...]
Neil Young Psychedelic Pill Reprise Neil Young has got what it takes to keep the ’60s going, and with the release of his second album of the year, Psychedelic Pill, he does exactly that. After a ten year absence Young is joined by Crazy Horse, his Garage band of 43 years. The [...]
Coheed And Cambria The Afterman: Ascension Hundred Handed/Everything Evil It is with the release of their sixth studio album that Coheed and Cambria frontman Claudio Sanchez reveals the world of his imagination and artistic work through music. The Afterman: Ascension is the [...]
Porcelain Raft Strange Weekend Secretly Canadian Records In the midst of the all the business and action of the city, Mauro Remiddi , finds himself recording Strange Weekend in a New York basement, bringing ambient sounds and haunting vocals that you can get lost in. The [...]
Anthony Green Beautiful Things Photo Finish Records Anthony Green is an honest man – a loving father and husband, and a successful singer-songwriter who has overcome many hardships in his life. All of these characteristics are evident upon one’s first listen of Green’s second [...]
Encephalon The Transhuman Condition Artoffact Records/Dependent Records You might call it a combination of Club beats and Industrial music, Encephalon refers to their music as “Synthetic Anthems for the Permanently Numb.” The trio from Ottawa, Matt Gifford (vocals, synths, [...]
