EMITTER EXTRA PALE INDEPENDENT Old sayings like ‘better late than never’ might sound trite sometimes, but in most cases, they turn out to be true. So is the case with Chicago’s Emitter and their old/new album, Extra Pale. So, [...]
FROG FROG FOR SALE AUDIO ANTIHERO Audio Antihero, the label that releases the music of the tricky little trio Frog, labels itself as ‘specialists in commercial suicide.’ Maybe they say that with their tongue firmly behind their cheek [...]
TIGA HOTLIFE SECRET CITY RECORDS After pioneering Montreal techno’s scene for decades and releasing his first solo record Sexor 20 years ago, Tiga is back with his sixth record, Hotlife, featuring collaborators Boyz Noize, Matthew Dear, [...]
THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS THE WORLD IS TO DIG IDLEWILD RECORDINGS Two guys and an accordion walk into a Brooklyn apartment, and 24 albums later… Why did The World Is to Dig get the works? That’s nobody’s business but the dirt’s. The announcement of [...]
PRISM SHORES SOFTEST ATTACK MERITORIO RECORDS “Paperback Writer,” one of the greatest singles by The Beatles, never found its way one of their regular albums, but it did create one of the often underrated but at the same time greatly [...]
SWEET REINCARNATION METALVILLE By the 1980s, Sweet had gone from a glam band known as The Sweet in 1971, to a pop band. Then in 1974, they changed their name to just Sweet, when they became a straight up rock band. By the 1980s, with member [...]
KAELEY JADE THE GREAT UNKNOWN INDEPENDENT Country music used to be full of formulas that begged to be broken, and for a while now Americana and alternative country artists did a great job in doing so. Joining those ranks is Edmonton-based Métis [...]
RICHARD BARBIERI HAUNTINGS KSCOPE David Sylvian-led Japan became legends of ‘80s electronic music, and Sylvian himself had a renowned solo career with a series of more and more experimental releases. Yet quite a few fans of the genre sometimes [...]
