ODD MARSHALL SECONDS INDEPENDENT It is not often that an album sounds like the location in which it was recorded, but the minute I started listening to Seconds, Odd Marshall’s second album (his first since 2024’s successful Sand & Glue), I [...]
MARGARITAS PODRIDAS METALES PESADOS HOPELESS RECORDS With Metales Pesados, Margaritas Podridas deliver a third album that feels both refreshed and unmistakably their own. While the band leans into a more upbeat rhythmic pulse this time around, [...]
WHERE’S BETH ACHE IS A CRICKET IN THE NIGHT INDEPENDENT Good to great singer-songwriters seem to be creeping up on us daily (again!)—artists obviously seem to have a greater need to try and express their personal sensibilities and whatnot [...]
JENN GRANT QUEEN OF THE STRAIT INDEPENDENT With three Juno nominations, millions of streams, and critic accolades all over, Jenn Grant is becoming yet another Canadian music giant. And Grant has not reached that status by sticking to some strict [...]
VARIOUS ARTISTS SOUL TO SOUL: MUSIC FROM THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK LIBERATION HALL In 1971, Ghana hosted Soul To Soul, a 13-hour concert consisting of performances from dozens of African American jazz, soul, and gospel artists. The concert served [...]
ENDEARMENTS AN ALWAYS OPEN DOOR TRASH CASUAL Endearments’ first full-length EP, An Always Open Door, leans heavily into the nostalgia of ’80s synthpop, and nowhere is that clearer than on the opening track, “Summersun.” At first, the pure pop [...]
SQUEEZE TRIXIES BMG Since Squeeze burst onto the scene in 1978 with their self-titled debut album, they have continually kept fans, critics, and listeners guessing as to what they will do next. Trixies is an album that I don’t think anyone saw [...]
VARIOUS ARTISTS HELP(2) WAR CHILD RECORDS War Child is a much-needed and important organization. It is an independent non-government institution, whose goal is ensuring a safe future for every child affected by war. It is an agency that many [...]
