CODEFENDANTS LIFERS THIS IS CRIME WAVE/REGIME MUSIC GROUP Trying to define the essence of a Codefendants release is akin to trying to nail jelly to a wall. They’re openly ‘genre-fluid,” and they seem to have set out to make each song as [...]
JENNIFER FOSTER POWERLINE INDEPENDENT Powerline is the latest album from Toronto singer-songwriter Jennifer Foster. Her releases have been a bit sporadic of late, so it is a treat that she has gifted us with a new collection of songs. And what a [...]
KATY PINKE WONDER GLAMOUR GOWNS Sometimes you wonder, and it seems so does Katy Pinke on her new 4-song EP, with such a title, why do artists bother to release EPs that barely scratch over 6 minutes – is it just teasing ahead of something [...]
THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS THE FORMER SITE OF NEW PORNOGRAPHERS MERGE RECORDS Despite the initial controversy with its name when the band first appeared, The New Pornographers made it big instantly, and it was the quality of the music, lyrics and [...]
TIGERS JAW LOST ON YOU HOPELESS RECORDS Tigers Jaw sound has always felt like a soft reawakening, a breath that one takes before admitting something that you’ve kept hidden away in the dark, avoiding what might surface if you bring it to [...]
FLEA HONORA NONESUCH RECORDS Whispers of Flea, the jazz musician, have persisted for decades. While it is commonly known that before picking up the bass, his first instrument was the trumpet, and he regularly expresses his love for jazz and [...]
SNAIL MAIL RICOCHET MATADOR RECORDS If you’ve been with Lindsey Jordan and Snail Mail since her first full release Habit, then this record is for you. Jordan opens with a steady, energetic farewell to a relationship she’s parted ways with, [...]
TRUE GREEN HAIL DISASTER SPACECASE RECORDS Minneapolis-based novelist/songwriter Dan Hornsby is not the first to lead a band, but might be among the first ones to set his lyrical vision through jangly guitar rock with his band True Green. Hail [...]
