Elton John Diamonds Universal Music Enterprises Glitzy and emotional, Elton’s newest album Diamonds is a compilation of his greatest hits spanning an impressive, culturally significant career. To take full advantage of this easy and fun to [...]
U-Men U-Men Sub Pop Records For true fans of the Seattle Underground, this album is long overdue. The U-Men were a band unlike any other on the infamous scene that was home to the likes of Soundgarden, Mother Love Bone, Pearl Jam, Mad Season and [...]
Gord Downie Introduce Yerself Arts & Crafts Gord Downie’s newest album Introduce Yerself couldn’t come at a better time for Canada, a nation that needs a whole lot of healing right now. Dropping exactly ten days after Gord’s heartbreaking [...]
The Glorious Sons Young Beauties And Fools Black Box Music The stories that come out on The Glorious Sons’ new album Young Beauties and Fools are independent in their own right but when tied together in a hastily wrapped package, make up the [...]
The Pack A.D. Dollhouse Cadence Music Strange and eerie is the overall feel of The Pack A.D.’s latest album Dollhouse. This should be no surprise as it provides comments on our current political, violent state of living. Dropping on October [...]
FASTER, WEIRDER AND EXCELLENT A CONVERSATION WITH BECKY BLACK OF THE PACK A.D. For Becky Black, the Pack A.D.’s latest album, Dollhouse (dropping October 13th) is part statement on the unnerving world around us and part strange experimentation. [...]
YOUNG, RELEVANT AND GLORIOUS A CONVERSATION WITH THE GLORIOUS SONS For The Glorious Sons, nothing stays stagnant. As Canada’s unofficial blue collar band, The Glorious Sons’ newest album Young Beauties and Fools is a hard look at the last three [...]
Black Pistol Fire Deadbeat Graffiti Modern Outsider Down and dirty, lethargic and healing, Black Pistol Fire’s newest album Deadbeat Graffiti can easily go head to head with the best albums of 2017. The twelve tracks on this album are [...]
David McPherson – The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern: A Complete History Dundurn Press – September 23, 2017 ISBN – 10:1459734947 ISBN – 13:9781459734944 Book Review By Gabrielle Bossy The Horseshoe Tavern has been a dive bar [...]
Death From Above Outrage! Is Now Last Gang Records Death From Above’s album just dropped and once again they’ve proved that in the hay day of two piece bands, they have serious staying power. Setting them apart, Outrage! Is Now is loud, visceral [...]
LCD Soundsystem American Dream DFA Records Back from a 2011 emotional breakup,, LCD Soundsytem has now released another record which pokes fun at music, combines 80s beats with modern edge and tackles big topics on the backdrop of upbeat sounds. [...]
Manchester Orchestra Black Mile To The Surface Loma Vista Recordings Manchester Orchestra puts on a magical performance on their latest album Black Mile To The Surface where the contrast between profound sadness and triumphant glory is peppered [...]
Foster The People Sacred Hearts Club Columbia Records Foster the People come out swinging with their first track “Pay the Man” on their new album Sacred Hearts Club. With a sound slightly edgier and more industrial than their last album, “Pay [...]
Fruit & Flowers Drug Tax EP Little Dickman Records Out of the depths of alt rock, a gritty sound emerges with an edgy twist on traditional surf rock. Fruit & Flowers’ debut EP Drug Tax reels the listener through six tracks of haunting [...]
Triptides Afterglow Requiem Pour Un Twister Psychedelic and ethereal, Triptides’ newest album Afterglow proves to be a fantastic addition to this summer’s playlist. With a beach-pop sound, you’d never guess the band started in Indiana and not [...]
Lee Watson Lee Watson Dead Radio, Love At first listen, it’s very clear that Lee Watson has listened to a lot of Neil Young. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing (Neil Young is a damn national treasure after all) but it doesn’t set Watson apart [...]
