DRUMS AND DRONES A CONVERSATION WITH BRIAN CHASE Recently I had the chance to have a chat with Brian Chase. Originally having broken through in the mainstream music scene as the drummer of The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Brian has since gone on to work on [...]
Black Elephant Cosmic Blues Small Stone Records Black Elephant’s 2018 release of their second LP Cosmic Blues comes four years after their raw and far from mature debut Bifolchi Inside. In that time, the Italian Stoner Rock outfit have had [...]
Astari Nite Midnight Conversations Cleopatra Records Rock has always had the tendency for nostalgic retrospection and expressing modern concerns in a way that resonates with past musical cultures. This is especially true in recent years, where [...]
Radiohead @ Centre Bell, Montreal July 16, 2018 Radiohead have unquestionably been one of the finest live acts in music for years, commanding legions of support wherever they go. Despite being able to lay claim to an almost unparalleled [...]
Busty and the Bass @ MTELUS, Montreal July 3, 2018 Closing out a day of Montreal Jazz International Festival as the ‘after party’ act was as good an opportunity as any for Montreal natives Busty and the Bass to reconnect with their musical [...]
Here Lies Man You Will Know Nothing RidingEasy Records Following a debut that captured the positive attention of several critics and garnered a not insignificant following, Here Lies Man’s sophomore album was always going to be a big test for [...]
Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge The Midnight Hour Linear Labs When two production heavyweights like A Tribe Called Quest’s Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge collaborate, it’s something that’s worth paying attention to. That’s what [...]
U2 @ CENTRE BELL, MONTREAL JUNE 5, 2018 If you attended U2’s performance at the Bell Centre on the Montreal stop of their ‘eXPERIENCE+iNNOCENCe’ tour, you probably had a great time. One of the biggest rock bands out there came and [...]
Suuns Felt Secret City Records When any artist moves on to their fourth studio album, their direction and stature is often already somewhat set in stone. That’s not the feeling you get when listening to Montreal natives Suuns’ newest release, [...]
Black Moth Super Rainbow Panic Blooms Rad Cult It has to be said, before anything else, that this is a fantastic record all the way through. From the moment the album kicked off with the titular song, I was already soaring away on melting synths [...]
