Arkells Rally Cry Universal Music The newest release from nationally renowned Hamilton rockers Arkells sees them embracing their newfound fame in a big way. Piano-driven grooves dominate Rally Cry, giving the album a very humble sound that is [...]
2017 SOCAN Awards @ The Sheraton Centre Hotel, Toronto June 19, 2017 The SOCAN awards, held on Monday, July 19 in the heart of downtown Toronto at the Sheraton Centre Hotel, was a star-studded event dedicated to honouring the achievements of [...]
Gorillaz Humanz Parlophone It’s safe to say Gorillaz is one of the quirkiest and most enigmatic acts out there today. The virtual hip-hop band, after seven years, makes their comeback with Humanz, with help from an all-star lineup of [...]
HOTTER THAN THE SUN AN INTERVIEW WITH RYAN GULDEMOND OF MOTHER MOTHER The beginning of 2017 has been a busy time for Mother Mother. After the release of their new album, No Culture, it was right to the road for the Vancouver-based alt-rockers; [...]
Hippo Campus Landmark Grand Jury Music The full-length debut from Minneapolis-based Hippo Campus, Landmark, is a well-written, complex, and atmospheric collection of alt-rock tunes that not only makes the listener think, but is easy to simply [...]
Jonathan Roy Mr. Optimist Blues Warner Music Canada/Siena Records “Pro-athlete-turned-pop-star” isn’t a narrative that you’d typically expect to hear in the music industry, but it’s a narrative that applies to singer-songwriter Jonathan Roy. Roy [...]
Two Door Cinema Club Gameshow Parlophone Records Four years after the release of their second album, Beacon, and three years after the release of the Changing of the Seasons EP, Irish alt-Rock trio Two Door Cinema Club has finally delivered on [...]
Phantogram Three Republic Records Three, the aptly named third record from New York-based dreampop outfit Phantogram, sees more of the signature distorted, grimy, tension filled sounds that anyone familiar with their material would recognize, [...]
Empty Houses Daydream Sargent House After the successful release of 2014’s Oh, Common Life, Punk-Rockers David Mackinder and Adam Mercer of Fireworks shed their Rock outfit and enlist vocalist Ali Shea for a nostalgic Retro Pop sound in Empty [...]
Ladyhawke Wild Things Polyvinyl Records If you take the ingenious synthy goodness of CHVRCHES and the catchy Pop hooks of Carly Rae Jepsen and throw them in a blender, what you’ll get is probably something close to the third album from New [...]
