Sufjan Stevens, Timo Andres, Conor Hanick Reflections Asthmatic Kitty Records Indie legend Sufjan Stevens has been on the music scene since the 90s and constantly finds new ways to challenge himself. His latest album, Reflections with Timo [...]
Solar Flare Solar Flare Independent Originally released in 2020, power metal quintet Solar Flare have revisited their debut album and given it a brand-new remix/remaster polish, bringing their classically derived sound to a different level that [...]
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE SPIRIT THEY’RE GONE, SPIRIT THEY’VE VANISHED (REMASTERED 2023) DOMINO RECORDS Animal Collective is a party for the ears, animating my life for the past two decades. Listening to Spirit They’re Gone, Spirit They’ve [...]
Bruce Cockburn O Sun O Moon True North Records There is truth in the statement that some things get better with age. Case in point, Bruce Cockburn’s new album O Sun O Moon serves up a heaping helping of musical goodness. Recorded in Nashville, [...]
Sister Ray Teeth Royal Mountain Records Sister Ray is Edmonton’s Ella Coyes (they/them), whose melodic touch, lyrics, and vocals simply stand out on their latest EP Teeth. It is no wonder that here they are supported by ginla, the Brooklyn [...]
Nick & June Beach Baby, Baby Independent It was about time that some other artists would be inspired by the Hollywood film/music combination of the 50s and 60s as seen and heard through the eyes and ears of Lana Del Rey, but inspired in the [...]
Esben And The Witch Hold Sacred Nostromo Records There was always a dark streak running through dream pop, with or without shoegaze touches, that made that dream element acquire some nightmarish tones, while still leaving that pop element [...]
Ron Hawkins Trash Talkin’ At The Speed Of Sound Sonic Envy Ron Hawkins, best known as an original founding member and lead singer/songwriter of Toronto’s legendary Lowest Of The Low, has embraced synths and electro drum beats for his six-song [...]
