Lucy And The Rats Lucy And The Rats Dirty Water Records London-based punk rock outfit Lucy And The Rats have released their self-titled debut record! Produced by Johnny Casino and The White Stripes producer Jim Diamond, Australian punk princess [...]
Lost Love Good Luck Rassco Stomp Records/Guerilla Asso Timing is half the battle for a good album, and Lost Love’s Good Luck Rassco could not ask for a better release date. As schools let out across North America, and the warm winds blow in, [...]
Jeremy Enigk Return Of The Frog Queen (Reissue) Sub Pop It’s officially been 22 years since the initial release of Jeremy Enigk’s debut solo album Return of the Frog Queen. Now is about time for a reissue of the album. Sub Pop is the label that [...]
Bernice Puff LP: In The Air Without A Shape Arts & Crafts Bernice’s latest album Puff LP: In The Air Without A Shape, shakes up all of Toronto’s current sound. This album is a minimalist follow up to Puff EP, produced by Grammy Award winner [...]
For Esmé Righteous Woman Independent Righteous Woman is electronic folk music. For this album, For Esmé’s Martha Meredith is clearing fronting the band and the album is her concept album. It is a feminist album, but rather than a political [...]
Quiet Slang Everything Matters But No One Is Listening Polyvinyl Records First off, go listen to Beach Slang, then go listen to Quiet Slang. There seems to be difference between the two, but also a strange similarity. Well, Quiet Slang is James [...]
Wussy What Heaven Is Like Damnably If you didn’t think that a concept album based on the TV show Fargo was something you were missing from your life, you’re in good company. But with their seventh studio album, What Heaven Is Like, Ohio rock [...]
Ry Cooder The Prodigal Son Fantasy Records Ry Cooder has been playing since the 1960s and is one of the most respected slide guitarists to pick up a slide. He is also a brilliant guitarist, he is stunning at playing multiple instruments. On top [...]
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 [...]
