Beborn Beton A Worthy Compensation Dependent Records Fans of Beborn Beton, unite! After a 15-year hiatus, the German synth-pop trio of Stefan Tillmann, Michael Wagner and Stefan Netschio are back with this 10-track album! With synthesizers and [...]
The Weeknd Beauty Behind The Madness XO Republic Pining for The Weeknd! Smooth-voiced Canadian/Ethiopian Abel Makkonen Tesfaye a.k.a The Weeknd, a.k.a the dreadlocked raconteur, kicks in your eardrums with this 14-track, star-studded, 2nd full [...]
Hooton Tennis Club Highest Point In Cliff Town Heavenly Recordings Does Hooton Tennis Club serve an ‘ace’? This fast-tracking, four-piece, poppy garage band from Chester, England are the toast of the town this past year, having gone [...]
Nirvana Nirvana Universal Music Nevermind the Bleach In Utero, Nirvana! And here it is, Nirvana’s 2002 posthumous self-titled collection that was swimming in legal troubles, parties fighting with each other, and further distractions. This [...]
Mr. Kitty Fragments Negative Gain Productions “The light to guide you through the darkness . . .” Austin, Texas resident Forrest Avery Carney creates ambrosial synth-pop tracks under the guise of Mr. Kitty. With a litany of [...]
Slow Death Lights Broken Spirit Desert Nightmare Independent Another fuzzed-out stepchild of hard rock and heavy metal! Toronto-based stoner rock band Slow Death Lights throws down a two-track EP that showcases their veteran ability to go with [...]
Iglomat Iglomat III KFM Records David Jack is back for Number three! The Scotlander known as David Jack is a DJ, producer and composer whose cross-continental recording project, Iglomat, throws out its 10-track release. This instrumental, post [...]
Jim Dan Dee Five Stiff Shots Independent Pass me the bourbon-fueled funkabilly grunge blues!! Hometown Toronto heroes James Stefanuk, Shawn Royal, Scott Morris and Bobby Seweryneck hammer us with some pumped-up, alt blues booty-shaking tunes on [...]
Ego Likeness When the Wolves Return Metropolis Records Wolf this album down!! American darkwave /industrial rock band Ego Likeness returns with its fifth studio album featuring 12 tracks. It’s always exciting to see Steven Archer and Donna [...]
Bassnectar Into The Sun Amorphous Music Bringing back the bass in Bassnectar! Dubstep, like most genres, is an acquired taste, and can become repetitive with the usual “build up then bass drop” standard. Not so with American DJ [...]
Machinista Garmonbozia AnalogueTrash Records Det gäller att smida medan järnet är varmt (Translation: You have to strike while the iron is hot). Conceived in 2012, the Swedish electronic-pop duo Machinista continue to forge forward as they [...]
FFS FFS Domino Records Question: Could this album be a “Them Crooked Vultures” type collaborative moment that catches lightning in a bottle? FFS is an interesting rock supergroup formed by Scottish rock group Franz Ferdinand and [...]
Barenaked Ladies Silverball Warner Music Canada The Scarborough, Ontario pop veterans dig deep from the well again! Watching the Barenaked Ladies spitting out albums consistently since 1992 (but no Junos since 2009) is like watching 19 kids and [...]
The Acorn Vieux Loup Paper Bag Records An Ottawa boy who cried old wolf… Rolf Klausener’s indie folk band The Acorn is back with their first release since 2010, Vieux Loup(translated as “Old Wolf” for those of you who [...]
Banditos Banditos Bloodshot Records Banditos’ first ride is a good one! Much heaping of praise is deserved for this 12-track album, as the raw wall of sound is centre stage for this high-flying, blues rockin’ Birmingham, Alabama [...]
Braids Deep in the Iris Arbutus Records Let down your electronic braids! Originally from Alberta, the now Montreal-based trio of Raphaelle Standell, Austin Tufts and Taylor Smith continue to move the Braids brand forward with their third [...]
Limblifter Pacific Milk We Are Busy Bodies Limblifter is back and rousing nostalgia for old fans of the Vancouver indie rock band. Having first heard the heavy guitar songs “Screwed it Up” and “Tinfoil” off their [...]
The Noble Thiefs It’s Tough To Be The Bad Guy Pipe & Hat/MapleMusic Recordings Soul stealing . . . out of Winnipeg! Plural misspelling aside (and not the first time they’ve heard that one), this ambitious four-piece soul/rock [...]
Jennifer Castle Pink City Idée Fixe Queen of her Castle! This Canadian folk singer-songwriter based in Toronto returns with her second full-length studio release, Pink City. This 10-track gentle beauty represents a pomp of folk that Castle [...]
