Oppkast C2H50H Independent Okay, this is a band going places – most likely the beer tent, the pub and any other place that sells copious amounts of alcohol! With a name that translates as vomit this was a review that required a certain [...]
Royal Trux Quantum Entanglement Fat Possum It was early 2019 when Neil Hagerty declared in the midst of an interview that he was leaving Royal Trux, the experimental garage rock band he formed in 1987 with then-partner, Jennifer Herrema. The [...]
Herbie Hancock Directstep (Reissue) Get On Down Originally released in 1979, Herbie Hancock’s Directstep has enjoyed an interesting and unique history. Aside from being released exclusively in Japan, the album was recorded with the new [...]
The Game Born 2 Rap eOne Music The Game’s resilience and longevity is set on display on his newest album Born 2 Rap. The album comes as the ninth installment in the rap veteran’s almost perfect discography. Surviving a slew of public setbacks [...]
Evan Freeman Beyond The Stars Evan Freeman, Inc. Following his 2016 debut album Luna, Evan Freeman is back with another sonic float-about, Beyond the Stars, a 13-track collection broken into three parts of intricately crafted shoegaze that is [...]
Throbbing Gristle TG Now (Reissue) Mute In 2004, Throbbing Gristle reformed after calling it a day in 1981. Their first order of business was to get together and record some music to see if this was still a viable band. The result was the EP TG [...]
Walter DeBarr We Fall, We Break Orphan Records Walter DeBarr has delivered his six-song, impressive debut EP after years of what one may call a colourful life. Prison, addiction, and hard living have all contributed to DeBarr’s music. Although [...]
Jimi Hendrix Songs For Groovy Children: The Fillmore East Concerts Sony Music Despite passing away at an untimely age, just under 50 years ago and considering he only really enjoyed a truly extraordinary career that spanned only four years, it [...]
Beck Hyperspace Capitol Records/Universal Music Canada On his 14th and latest album Hyperspace, Beck picks up right where he left off in 2017 with his Grammy Award-winning release, Colors. Beck Hansen first came into the public eye in 1994 with [...]
The Beatles The Singles Collection Apple Corps Ltd./Universal Music The Beatles and their record company Apple have done it again. Gathered together in one box are all of the 22 original British singles released by The Beatles, plus an [...]
Harry Nilsson Losst And Founnd Omnivore Records Harry Nilsson left this planet on January 14, 1994, at the age of 52. He had just finished recording an album that was not released at the time for many reasons. Into the vaults it went, where it [...]
Leonard Cohen Thanks For The Dance Sony Music There is not much more that can be said in praise of Leonard Cohen’s posthumous album besides the fact that it is a dizzying emotional masterpiece. Omnipresent throughout is the knowledge that, just [...]
Animal Collective Ballet Slippers Domino In 2009, Animal Collective released their seminal Merriweather Post Pavilion LP, an experimental collection of mind-bending nooks and crannies. Ten years later comes Ballet Slippers, a twelve-song [...]
Neuland Neuland Neuland Records Neuland is the self-titled debut album from this new group, featuring Peter Baumann and Paul Haslinger, both previous members of the band Tangerine Dream. It is an instrumental, textured, and layered album. Not [...]
Golden Cinema Peachy Keen Independent Canadian Power pop band Golden Cinema has come to grace 2019 with their presence, with a small yet powerful EP Peachy Keen, an amazing independent release, their first since their 2016 release of their [...]
Fall Out Boy Greatest Hits: Believers Never Die Volume Two Island Records/Universal Music Canada Multiple platinum-selling, Grammy-nominated Fall Out Boy is at it again with yet another compilation album release Believers Never Die Volume Two. [...]
The Dreadnoughts Into The North Stomp Records Vancouver folk-punks The Dreadnoughts set sail on an ocean of booze with their latest release, Into The North. An album of reworked sea shanties and originals, it captures the heritage of a century [...]
Underworld And Ø [Phase] Border Country (The Remixes) Smith Hyde Productions/Caroline Records “Border Country” is a song from Underworld’s most recent album, Drift Series One. It is a track co-written by Underworld and Ø [Phase], who is actually [...]
Elovet 4.5 Days In New York Independent It is hard to put Elovet’s music into a category. While many categorize it as Hip Hop, I would argue that that does not do the music justice. It reminds me of the old joke — there are two kinds of [...]
Brass Against Brass Against II Footnote Records Cover bands are a tricky thing in nowadays. While most remain in the pubs or corporate events playing to nostalgic audiences, some have found a way through social media and the internet to truly [...]
Juliana Hatfield Juliana Hatfield Sings The Police American Laundromat Records I think that to do an album completely devoted to another artist, you really have to be able to bring something fresh to the table, something that allows the audience [...]
Margaux More Brilliant Is The Hand That Throws The Coin Massif Records Seattle-born and Brooklyn-based artist Margaux has managed to gain major traction for her latest release More Brilliant is the Hand That Throws the Coin. The five-song EP [...]
Black Suit Devil A Matter Of Time Independent Of the vast, rich, and diverse Toronto music scene, few artists get me as excited as Black Suit Devil. Following his incredible 2017 debut, The Freedom Sessions, the singer-songwriter has reconvened [...]
Ronnie Wood With His Wild Five Mad Lad: A Live Tribute To Chuck Berry BMG Back in the early to mid ‘60s, Chuck Berry was virtually deified in Britain. There were long debates about whether he was “rhythm and blues” or “rock ‘n’ roll” – these [...]
