Fontaines D.C. A Hero’s Death Partisan Records A Hero’s Death, the followup to 2019’s highly acclaimed Dogrel, is an introverted, thoughtful, and oftentimes melancholy [...]
Rival Consoles Articulation Erased Tapes Records Ryan Lee West, aka Rival Consoles, is so adept at crafting sonic landscapes, so talented at building beautifully layered [...]
Muzz Muzz Matador Records There is something, a feeling or perhaps even a perception, that goes beyond most reviewers’ abilities to explain adequately when an album resonates deeply, [...]
Car Seat Headrest Making A Door Less Open Matador Records Such is the restless spirit and the waves of creative energy that accompany all of the Car Seat [...]
Sarah Harmer Are You Gone Arts & Crafts As is often the way with relationships, they get complicated and sometimes you aren’t able to realize how much you have missed [...]
Nathaniel Rateliff And It’s Still Alright Stax Records He is a journeyman and a musical omnivore, and Nathaniel Rateliff’s third solo album and first in 7 [...]
MICHAEL KIWANUKA @ REBEL, TORONTO FEBRUARY 6, 2020 Considering the incredible success and critical reception of the release of his third album, KIWANUKA, it was no surprise [...]
Algiers There Is No Year Matador Records Imagine, if you will, a landscape that is simple but crushing in its portrayal of desolation – narrow alleyways, grimy streets, the [...]
SPILL MAGAZINE’S BEST ALBUMS OF 2019 2019 was a year of incredible turmoil, change, and upheaval as the world came to grips with the global growth of political and [...]
elbow Giants Of All Sizes Polydor Records/Verve Label Group Manchester-based quartet elbow have been crafting songs and soundscapes of such warmth, honesty, and poetry as to be [...]
Bodega Shiny New Model What’s Your Rupture? New York-based Bodega’s have released a brand-new EP Shiny New Model. It is a worthy follow-up to the genre-fluid five-piece’s [...]
The New Pornographers In The Morse Code Of Brake Lights Concord Records Long-time purveyors of hook-filled, harmony-layered alternative jams, The [...]
Temples Hot Motion ATO Records The much-coveted musical sweet spot is an elusive one for bands and musicians of all genres and time periods. The almost alchemical confluence of [...]
FONTAINES D.C. @ THE PHOENIX CONCERT THEATRE, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 13, 2019 In recent memory, there are few bands that have left me as excited by their [...]
Ezra Furman Twelve Nudes Bella Union I will be honest and say that I was totally unprepared for this singular fact – that on the day that Tool finally introduced us to [...]
Keb’ Mo’ Oklahoma Concord Records It goes without saying that Keb’ Mo’s reputation as an influential and talented modern-day blues and Americana performer is [...]
Priests The Seduction Of Kansas Sister Polygon Washington-based Priests returns with its sophomore release, the intriguingly-titled The Seduction of Kansas. Building a [...]
Wintersleep In The Land Of Dine Alone Records Wintersleep have developed an interesting trend over the past sixteen years since their 2003 debut, self-titled album. Though [...]
Foals Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost, Part 1 Warner Music Foals, like their Oxfordshire brethren Radiohead, are not just unafraid of reinvention but [...]
