TIM BOVACONTI AGAIN INDEPENDENT Tim Bovaconti is a veteran of the Canadian music scene. His CV is very impressive, with the list of artists he has worked with being the who’s who of artists, including Burton Cummings, Ron Sexsmith, Kim [...]
GEORGE HARRISON LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD (50th ANNIVERSARY EDITION) DARK HORSE/BMG There was a lot riding on Living In The Material World when George Harrison released the album in 1973. His All Things Must Pass album proved to be one of the [...]
LESS THAN JAKE UNCHARTED PURE NOISE For an album named after discovering the unknown, it’s amusing that it’s incredibly obvious that this is a Less Than Jake album from the second you hit the play button. All the hallmarks of the best of the [...]
ROSS GOLDSTEIN BLUNDERS ODD CAT RECORDS Going about it without any social media accounts as an artist/musician these days is like swimming upstream with a strong current coming your way, but that doesn’t seem to bother New York’s Ross [...]
KYLIE V CRASH TEST PLANE ROYAL MOUNTAIN RECORDS Known for their exquisite vocals, authentically reflective songwriting, and ability to create a comforting, yet somber sound, Kylie V is quickly becoming one of the top young artists from Canada. [...]
CLOSETJUDAS SONDER INDEPENDENT Mike Powell is a musician from Mississauga, ON, now residing in Manitoba where he records under the name closetjudas. SONDER is his most recent release, following his 2022 album, ENTELECHY. Although “simulacra + [...]
ROBIN GUTHRIE ASTORIA SOLEIL APRÈS MINUIT After a three-year absence, Robin Guthrie, formerly of The Cocteau Twins, is not wasting any time in releasing new music. Guthrie released the brilliant EP Atlas in July this year, and now, he has [...]
LORD OF THE LOST FROM THE FLAME INTO THE FIRE (2024 DELUXE EDITION) OUT OF LINE MUSIC Lord of the Lost has just dropped the 10th Anniversary Edition of their electrifying fourth album, From The Flame Into The Fire. This special edition is to be [...]
HAND OF JUNO PSYCHOTIC BANANA OUT OF LINE MUSIC Hand of Juno’s debut album, Psychotic Banana, is a fascinating blend of metal, electronic, and techno, featuring captivating female vocals. The album excels at merging these subgenres, [...]
SUN ATOMS EVERYTHING FOREVER GLAMOUR GOWNS RECORDS Those following more closely The Spill’s video premieres might have already been grooving to Sun Atom’s “Ceiling Tiles” video. If that worked for you, the Portland band’s [...]
SARA LEW LOUD CLOUDLAND RECORDS Sara Lew, aka Sara Lewis Sørensen is a Danish songwriter, singer and guitarist that, after three initial singles presents her debut album Loud. The album title just might be a bit deceiving, as Lew’s jazzy [...]
GIRL SCOUT HEADACHE 235 MUSIC PUBLISHING It is hard to come by an indie pop or indie rock group that is worth listening to nowadays. Most are generic, bland, irritating, or, worst of all, just downright horrible. Girl Scout is none of these [...]
MIDGE URE LIVE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL 04.10.23 CHRYSALIS RECORDS Midge Ure needs no introduction, as he is a legend who has been at the forefront on the music scene for many decades. From his early days with Thin Lizzy, Slik, and Rich Kids, to [...]
DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS AMERICAN BAND (DELUXE) ATO RECORDS Some albums (great or not so great) get deluxe, special, or whatever kind of reissue for a reason, or no reason at all. Usually it is an anniversary, ‘high demand’ as PR people [...]
ONE IN THE CHAMBER THE CABIN SESSIONS INDEPENDENT One In The Chamber returns with a brand-new EP (their first since 2022’s Reload) with the aptly titled The Cabin Sessions. This is the EP no one could have predicted that would have come from [...]
SKYE WALLACE THE ACT OF LIVING TINY KINGDOM MUSIC Following a lengthy run of singles, Toronto-based artist Skye Wallace has returned with her fifth full-length album, The Act Of Living. Co-produced by Hawksley Workman, The Act Of Living sees [...]
CHARLIE KAPLAN ETERNAL REPEATER GLAMOUR GOWNS RECORDS Charlie Kaplan is one of those artists that leads a double music life. He plays bass for Office Culture, and has released a series of singles and three solo albums, the latest of which is [...]
THE CURE SONGS OF A LOST WORLD POLYDOR/UNIVERSAL MUSIC Barring a reformation, it’s hard to imagine it ever being acceptable for most bands to take 16 years to release new music. However, this is The Cure. There’s therefore an obvious sense of [...]
MOUNT EERIE NIGHT PALACE P.W. ELVERUM & SUN Night Palace is the first Mount Eerie album since their 2019’s Lost Wisdom Pt. 2. During that five-year gap, vocalist and songwriter Phil Elverum kept busy touring, and releasing music with his [...]
VARIOUS ARTISTS BROWN ACID: THE NINETEENTH TRIP RIDINGEASY RECORDS You may have been taking this trip into the seemingly endless depths of very very heavy psych rock, hard rock, and proto metal from the late ’60s and early ’70s, with [...]
A THOUSAND WEEKS THE LAST MIRAGE INDEPENDENT The names Fred Jeske and Joe Maydak may seem familiar. It could be that you may be familiar with their other project/band Conduit Of Humanity. Like that band, A Thousand Weeks is a musical collective [...]
THE MOLLIES THE MOLLIES (EP) GREEN STRIPE RECORDS The Mollies is a band out of Toronto and is the brainchild of Jacob Schmor. The Mollies (EP) is their debut EP and it is quite good. They did release a single (“Downtown”) earlier this year, and [...]
SOCCER MOMMY EVERGREEN LOMA VISTA RECORDINGS One of the biggest names in indie pop/rock of the past few years has been Sophie Allison, otherwise known as Soccer Mommy. Albums like color theory and Sometimes, Forever demonstrated her exciting, [...]
SUN RA & HIS ARKESTRA KINGDOM OF DISCIPLINE DEAD CURRENCIES Pressed on a highly limited run of vinyl, as per their modus operandi, Dead Currencies have released Kingdom Of Discipline, a collection of work from Sun Ra & His Arkestra. This [...]
