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 [...]
Dead When I Found Her Eyes On Backwards Artoffact Records Eyes on Backwards is an eerie industrial-electronic album from EDM band Dead When I Found Her. The brooding collection of songs are made with heavy synths, looped beats, and audio clips [...]
The Silver Hearts Golden Favourites Mudtown Records The Silver Hearts has ended a decade-long lull with its newest album Golden Favourites. Featuring 11 previously unrecorded songs from the ensemble’s 16-year history — including many fan [...]
Port Juvee Crimewave Independent Despite their success and wide acclaim in 2014 with their EP Revenge, Calgary, Alberta’s own garage rocking Port Juvee have come a long way since their “Bleachers” days / radio competitions. Consisting of Brett [...]
Chris de Burgh A Better World Justin Time Records Chris de Burgh’s 22nd studio album, A Better World, arrived in stores on October 28th, and it ventures into familiar territory for de Burgh, that includes diverse styles, tempos, and [...]
The Seams Meet The Seams Hand Drawn Dracula The Seams are a fairly new Canadian band formed by members of Toronto indie bands WISH, Fake Palms, Elsa, and U.S. Girls. Together they create simple tunes influenced by rock and pop from the 60s [...]
Alejandro Escovedo Burn Something Beautiful Fantasy Records Where do you see yourself at age 65? Early morning breakfast at Burger King, rummaging through the morning paper while the waitress waddles over with your Early Bird Breakfast Special? [...]
The Olympians The Olympians Daptone Records Over the past 15 years, Daptone Records have cemented their position as a leader in funk, soul, and R&B by rostering acts like Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings and Charles Bradley. Daptone releases [...]
Casper Skulls Lips & Skull Buzz Records Although trends in popular music would suggest guitar Rock has been through a bit of a latent period in the past few years, labels like Toronto’s Buzz Records have been quietly building all-star teams [...]
Lou Barlow Apocalypse Fetish Joyful Noise Recordings A year after the release of Brace the Wave, a record exploring the complexity and heartbreak of his divorce, Lou Barlow returns with a collection of songs that try, with some success, to blow [...]
Soft Lions XOXO Velvet Blue Records Following up on last year’s debut EP, Spellbreaker, the San Diego trio Soft Lions, led by Megan Liscomb, turn out six new tracks that deal with the usual pitfalls of youth, like objectification, breaking [...]
