Courtney Barnett Tell Me How You Really Feel Mom+Pop Records There is something infectious about Courtney Barnett, something immediately arresting or even downright lovable about the authentically laissez-faire way that she seems to approach [...]
Parquet Courts Wide Awake! Rough Trade Records New York based, genre-resistant foursome Parquet Courts are, with Wide Awake!, not only releasing their fifth album in eight years, a rate that maybe only Ty Segall could top, but perhaps also [...]
Paul McCartney New (Reissue) MPL/Universal Music This reissue seems a little odd. Paul McCartney is in the process of reissuing his older albums, many in expanded, box set formats. New was released a mere five years ago, but McCartney has [...]
Ray LaMontagne Part of the Light RCA Records Ray LaMontagne has released his seventh studio album. The only disappointing aspect of this album is that it is only 9 songs long. The album, Part of the Light, is released by RCA Records and came out [...]
Paul McCartney Chaos And Creation In The Backyard (Reissue) MPL/Universal Music Paul McCartney has made a point of reissuing his older albums over the last few years. Usually these take the form of expanded box sets, but on May 18 he is [...]
Paul McCartney Wings Greatest (Reissue) MPL/Universal Music Over the last few years, Paul McCartney has rereleased several of his albums, usually in a variety of formats and usually in expanded editions. On May 18, 2018 he is rereleasing four [...]
Matt Dorrien In The Key Of Grey Mama Bird Recording Co. In The Key Of Grey is Matt Dorrien’s debut album. He has releasesd two albums under the name Snowblind Traveller, but In The Key Of Grey is his first album under his name. The first track, [...]
Rat Scabies P.H.D. (Prison, Hospital, Debt) Cleopatra Records It is hard to believe, but it has been forty years since the Damned released their debut album, Damned Damned Damned. Rat Scabies (born Christopher John Millar) was of course, the [...]
Paul McCartney Thrillington MPL/Universal Music An odd album by Paul McCartney and an even odder choice for rerelease. Over the past few years, Paul McCartney has been rereleasing his catalogue. Usually this takes the form of a box set or [...]
Lords Of Acid Pretty In Kink Metropolis Records Lords of Acid, the Belgian American techno gods who have long reigned over the dance floor with their raunchy and outrageously dirty and sex-driven lyrics are at it again with their latest album [...]
Gomez Bring It On Universal Music Enterprises A blast from the past, revamped for a new audience. Gomez is releasing the 20th Anniversary Deluxe edition of their debut album Bring It On. This album is pivotal for the group, consisting of Ian [...]
Bryan Binnema Things You Leave Behind Independent Bryan Binnema is a brand new indie artist out of Toronto. He brings an indie-folk pop vibe to the table. It is nothing truly new or different, but it is a very consistent and moving sound. [...]
Personality Cult Personality Cult Independent It’s all too easy to imagine Personality Cult supporting Flock of Seagulls on a 1984 UK tour, but James Clifford’s solo project adds a post-punk experimental edge and deep-house gloaming to catchy [...]
Superstition Surging Throng Of Evil’s Might 20 Buck Spin Superstition has released their debut album: Surging Throng of Evil’s Might. The album is respectable, but nothing to really write home about. The music does nothing to truly distinguish [...]
Little Junior Hi Grand Jury Records While it has yet to be two decades since the start of the century many are already nostalgic for the early oughts. On their debut album, Hi, Toronto’s Little Junior reign in this nostalgia to create an [...]
Tim Muddiman And The Strange Domino Blitz Gun Street Music In many ways, this is what Woody Guthrie would have sounded like if he was young and alive today. That is not to say that Domino Blitz is folk, or even close to the sound of Guthrie, but [...]
Spray Anthologised By Cherry Red Banoffeesound/Ninthwave Records Spray is a synth-based duo from the U.K., made up of siblings Ricardo Autobahn and Jenny McLaren. Both were originally in the band Cuban Boys (of “Hampsterdance” fame, which was [...]
Loreena McKennitt Lost Souls Quinlan Road Lost Souls is Loreena McKennitt’s tenth studio album, and her first album of original material since 2006’s An Ancient Muse. She has released albums since An Ancient Muse (2008’s A Midwinter Night’s [...]
Morgan X Barrie Fall Independent Being a great singer/songwriter is like hitting in baseball; as long as three out of your ten lines are descriptive, innovative, and interesting then you can be considered one of the greats. However, those few [...]
Actors It Will Come To You Artoffact Records Vancouver-based Actors is one of the latest to wave the post-punk flag with pride. Having made their debut in 2012, Actors are already making waves taking the stage at such stand out festivals as [...]
Deathlist Fun XRAY Records Energetic, quick, and the perfect soundtrack to a radical summer. Deathlist’s Fun is like a warm late night car ride: full of secrets and moody tones. Deathlist (aka Jenny Logan) does a great job wearing her influences [...]
Them Evils Rollin’ Stoned And Livin’ Free Burning Records While North America seems to be in the midst of a rock & roll revival, Southern California based power trio Them Evils has risen in popularity rapidly since touring with [...]
ButchQueen & The Bad Habits Bare Grits Independent Punk music is typically created to inspire either change or chaos. Many punk rockers use the genre’s simple structure and accessibility to send progressive messages with the intent of [...]
Preme Light Of Day Reps Up The Toronto Rapper Preme (formally known as P Reign) has dropped his latest body of work, Light of Day. It has been over three years since, his last project Off the books was released, and with this new album, Preme [...]
