Wire 10:20 Pinkflag Records You could call Wire’s 10:20 a B-sides album. Released through the English band’s own label Pinkflag, they refer to the tracks on 10:20 as ‘strays’ — songs that had no place on their previous 17 studio [...]
Deerhoof Future Teenage Cave Artists Joyful Noise Recordings As music fans, we demand progress from our favourite artists. With each successful album, we expect bigger and better. Experimental band Deerhoof has remarkably put out its 15th studio [...]
Bloods Seattle Share It Music Pop punk trio Bloods pens a generous ode to the legendary city of grunge on new EP Seattle. Through six punchy songs, the band, that originally hails from Sydney, Australia, thanks the city that supported them so [...]
K.Flay Solutions Night Street/Interscope Records/Universal Music Canada Pop music in the past few years has taken a serious and sparse bent. The dark depths of pop mined by the likes of Lorde and Lana del Ray have reflected the global [...]
MUSIC FROM MARS? A CONVERSATION WITH FOX MEDICINE Oregon noise rock duo Fox Medicine has followed up their raucous debut EP with an out-of-this-world launch of their new LP, Greetings from Mars. Guitarist, vocalist, and one half of the band, [...]
Divide And Dissolve Abomination Dero Arcade Like coffee and cigarettes, music and politics are just made for each other. Inherently, all music carries with it a socio-political value, and Texan-Australian duo Divide and Dissolve throws this [...]
Xiu Xiu / (r) Xiu Xiu / (r) Polyvinyl Records Long-time collaborators and experimentalists Xiu Xiu and (r) have partnered up to play ZZ Top covers for a new split 7” single release through Polyvinyl. For the avant-garde followers of California’s [...]
Mirah Sundial Absolute Magnitude Records As an artist that fills a room with charisma, excitement and trepidation, singer-songwriter Mirah is captivating with her ease and self-confidence embedded in her sweet folk melodies. The magic behind the [...]
Acid Baby Jesus Lilac Days Fuzz Club Records Acid Baby Jesus’ 2011 self titled debut album was one of those records that seemingly sprung from nowhere. Straight out the gate with psych guitars blazing and self assured garage roars, it [...]
Aron D’Alesio Aron D’Alesio Paper Bag Records Taking a moment out of his decade-long stint fronting indie rock band Young Rivals, Aron D’Alesio has released his debut solo album. Simply self titled, this record reflects a creative outburst for [...]
Moon King Hamtramck ’16 Arbutus Records Moon King’s new EP Hamtramck ‘16 steps a million miles away from his previous eclectic dream pop sound into new territory: disco. The moniker of producer, singer and songwriter Daniel Benjamin, Moon [...]