The Shins Heartworms Sony Music The Shins are releasing their fifth album, Heartworms, on March 10. The album is very different from The Shins’ popular debut studio album from 2001, Oh, Inverted World. James Mercer shows off his lower vocal [...]
Tommy Hawkins Amy TDM Tommy Hawkins is an exciting new project from the experienced Canadian musicians Thomas D’Arcy and Hawksley Workman. Amy, the duos debut EP, features an eccentric, ever evolving sound that is simultaneously seamless and [...]
Okkervil River Away ATO Records Okkervil River’s newest album, Away, is ambitious but it may have overshot the mark. There is no bad song on the album but there are lots of forgettable tracks. Almost every song is too long and the album is [...]
Soundwalk Collective & Jesse Paris Smith ft. Patti Smith Killer Road Sacred Bones Killer Road is a concept album conceived and created by Soundwalk Collective, Jesse Paris Smith and Patti Smith. It focuses on the death of vocalist Christa [...]
Arkells Morning Report Universal Music Canada/Last Gang Records If you haven’t heard Morning Report, the latest Arkells album, do yourself a favour and give it a listen as soon as possible. The Canadian rockers from Hamilton, Ontario have [...]
Outer Rooms Worldless Fantastic Independent Worldless Fantastic, the first full-length album by Outer Rooms, is brimming with fantastic Punk Rock defiance. The opening track of the album, “Find Lovers,” starts with an exciting guitar line before [...]
Tegan and Sara Love You To Death Vapor Records Love You to Death by Tegan and Sara is a highly personal album featuring 10 songs about loving relationships, both romantic and platonic but the subject of love never feels overplayed. The band [...]
Guided by Voices Please Be Honest Guided by Voices Inc. Guided By Voices’ new album, Please Be Honest, boasts aggressive melodies and biting lyrics accented by the rise and fall of the album’s two consistently wonderful guitars. Please Be Honest [...]
Ashley Shadow Ashley Shadow Felte Ashley Shadow’s debut self-titled album is a consistently haunting piece of work reminiscent of ‘90’s female singer/songwriters like Tori Amos. Shadow has, up until now, largely made her career as a backup [...]
