Dragonette Royal Blues Dragonette Inc. After four years, Toronto synth pop trio Dragonette is back, but “Royal Blues” might not be what you expected. The band’s fourth studio album is filled with thirteen dance tracks that provide easy listening [...]
John Lennon & Yoko Ono Unfinished Music No. 2: Life With The Lions (Reissue) Secretly Canadian The second release in the Secretly Canadian/Chimera Music “Yoko Ono Reissue Project.” The front cover tells the story of the album, Yoko Ono in a [...]
The Rolling Stones Blue & Lonesome Universal Music Canada After more than a decade without releasing a studio album, The Rolling Stones have made an interesting move. Blue & Lonesome is a full-length cover album and not including their [...]
Jacuzzi Boys Ping Pong Mag Mag If their previous album was an experiment in sound, then Ping Pong, the latest release from Miami rockers Jacuzzi Boys, is the realization of it. Produced by the band and released on their brand new label, Mag Mag, [...]
Martha Wainwright Goodnight City Cadence Music Group/PIAS It might seem difficult trying to live up to household folk names like Loudon and Rufus, but in her sixth studio album, Martha Wainwright has successfully rounded out her sound and showed [...]
Sting 57th & 9th Universal Music Canada Sting has never been afraid of change. His music has constantly morphed since his days with The Police. His hits like “Fields of Gold”, “Desert Rose”, and “Englishman in New York” (just to name a few) [...]
John Lennon & Yoko Ono Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins (Reissue) Secretly Canadian Secretly Canadian and Sean Lennon’s Chimera music are endeavoring on a reissue campaign (called the Yoko Ono Reissue Project) of Yoko Ono albums, which [...]
SSHH Issues Independent It is an intriguing idea, an album of cover versions played with members of the original band. That is the idea behind SSHH’s debut album. SSHH is comprised of Australian singer/artist Sshh Liguz and guitarist/drummer [...]
Monster Rally Mystery Cove Gold Robot Records Cinematic and picture-esque are not usually the first words that come to mind when listening to music, but that seems the most fitting way to describe Mystery Cove, the fourth album from Monster [...]
Young Mammals Jaguar Odd Hours Records Jaguar is the sixth release from Young Mammals, which was forged from a middle school friendship between Cley Miller and brothers Jose and Carlos Sanchez. Drummer Justin Terrell group is the additional [...]
Bobby Bazini Summer Is Gone Universal Music Canada Quebec’s Bobby Bazini has been making a name for himself in Canada over the past few years, and on this album, his third, he’s set to take on the world. The good news is that this album is [...]
A-Trak In The Loop: A Decade of Remixes Fool’s Gold A-Trak’s latest album, In The Loop: A Decade of Remixes (Fool’s Gold Records) is solid. And addictive. How he managed to select 13 tracks after a decade of honing his remixing craft is as [...]
Bob Dylan The Real Royal Albert Hall 1966 Concert! Sony Music Canada Growing up in the sixties, like I’m sure for many others at the time, Bob Dylan was my poet. Hell, I guess I even idolized the guy in a way only a teenager can. Seeing [...]
Body/Head No Waves Matador Records Kim Gordon (ex-Sonic Youth) and experimental guitarist Bill Nace’s project Body/Head is based on improvisation with one another. Their debut album, Coming Apart, was released in 2013 and followed by a [...]
Mike Watt Ring Spiel Tour ’95 Sony Music Canada Ring Spiel Tour 95 is a live recording of a supergroup of sorts, a grunge supergroup to be more specific. I don’t like using the grunge label, but this recording comes from 1995, and the [...]
Rotersand Capitalism TM Trisol Records Rotersand have carved out a unique musical niche: popular in Europe from where they hail, but still in a cultish underground in North America. There is no single genre that describes this musical project; [...]
Dante Decaro Kill Your Boyfriend Last Gang Records Dante Decaro has a longstanding relationship with the Western Canadian Music Scene. He is a founding member of Hot Hot Heat, is the lead singer of Johnny and The Moon, and most recently revived [...]
Buzzi Black Waters Afterwave Records Afterwave Records, run by Brooklyn artists Krames and William B, released their second EP in their underground techno sturm und drang collection on November 4, 2016 with Brooklyn artist Buzzi’s debut [...]
I’m Glad It’s You The Things I Never Say 6131 Records I’m Glad It’s You play with styles and lyrical themes that have been around for ages. Drawing on influences from within 90s to 00s alternative and college rock they pack a [...]
STRFKR Being No One, Going Nowhere Polyvinyl Records Over the past few years there has been a trend of experimentation with vintage sounds in the ill defined field of indie-pop. With a multitude of lush 80s rhythms and synth textures reclaiming [...]
Monomyth Happy Pop Family Mint Records Two years ago Monomyth released their Mint Records debut, Saturnalia Regalia!. Now these east-coasters have returned with a new rhythm section and even more “mid-fi anthemic Bedroom Pop.” Happy Pop [...]
David Usher Let It Play Evil Empire You can listen, Let It Play. It may sound new, exciting and original. However, David Usher’s ninth solo album, Let It Play is a translation, better yet – a revision of a small collection of French songs that [...]
Darcys Centerfold Arts & Crafts Sometimes a band needs to make some big changes to keep heading in the right direction. Darcys took a risk back in 2014, after hitting some hard times with their four-piece rock band at the time, when deciding [...]
Lee Fields & The Expressions Special Night Big Crown Records There’s a new revival in the music industry these days. It’s exciting, it gets your feet moving, it gives you a warm feeling in your soul. It’s the new soul [...]
