BERLIN AND BROWNIES AN INTERVIEW WITH ALICE MERTON True citizen of the world, Alice Merton, spoke to me amidst her hectic travel schedule. The 24-year-old singer/songwriter has seen her single, “No Roots” steadily climbing the charts since its [...]
Ekali w/ Josh Pan & Y2K @ Velvet Underground, Toronto November 23, 2017 You may think that you’ve never heard of Ekali, aka Nathan Shaw, but there’s a good chance that you’ve listened to some of his music. The twenty-five-year-old [...]
A WOMAN’S WOMAN A CONVERSATION WITH STACEY The day before her new EP dropped, I met with STACEY over some fries (she was as humble as the date was, in case you were wondering). The Toronto songstress exuded confidence over her latest project, [...]
Grizzly Bear Painted Ruins RCA It’s been five years since Grizzly Bear has released a record. In that time, we’ve lost Obama, gained ebola, and upgraded our iPhone five times. It’s definitely been a while. After Shields, the group went [...]
Mise En Scene Still Life On Fire Light Organ Records Things have changed for Mise En Scene since their 2012 debut, but only in the best ways. The Winnipeg-based duo, consisting of lead singer and guitarist, Stefanie Blondal Johnson, and drummer, [...]
Bernice Puff Arts & Crafts Puff cannot be easily described, much like Bernice itself. The EP is the first of the band’s releases with label Arts & Crafts, and lives somewhere in the realm of synth indie soul. Robin Dann is the dreamy [...]
Amber Arcades Cannonball Heavenly Recordings Amber Arcade’s Cannonball EP is exactly what you would want out of a five track playlist from the sweet voice behind Fading Lines. Front-woman Annelotte de Graaf opens with a buoyant transformation of [...]
