Amber Arcades Fading Lines Heavenly Recordings Summer is on its way to Canada, and even if the weather hasn’t quite turned sunny enough for your liking yet, there’s no reason you can’t begin crafting your perfect summer [...]
Miles Davis & Robert Glasper Everything’s Beautiful Columbia/Legacy Being a fan of Miles Davis’ music, the period that I enjoyed the most was his classic period from the ‘50s to the ‘60s when he straddled Bebop, hard-Bop, Modal, Freebop and [...]
Various Artists A Tribute To Pet Sounds The Reverberation Appreciation Society Before the Levitation Festival in Austin, Texas was cancelled, it was set to feature a performance by legendary Beach Boy, Brian Wilson in honor of the 50th [...]
My Morning Jacket It Still Moves (Reissue) ATO Records Back in 2003, It Still Moves marked a turning point for My Morning Jacket as their first highly budgeted, major release. The record survived this hurdle, as the boys of My Morning Jacket [...]
Totemic Falling EP Independent Totemic, otherwise known as the Toronto, Canada-based DJ/violinist/producer Doug Penny, conjures Old World spirits and New World drive on his engaging drum & bass and deep bass music. ‘Soulless electronica’ is [...]
Sounds Of Sputnik New Born Moon Sounds Records New Born, the debut album from Sounds of Sputnik, was reissued May 16 via Texas-based Moon Sounds Records. The album had previously been released through Ear to Ear Records in the U.K. and at the [...]
Hooded Fang Venus On Edge Daps Records My first encounter with Hooded Fang was on a compilation called Milkin’ It, an In Utero tribute record littered with every corner of Toronto’s rich music scene. On Milkin’ It, Hooded Fang reimagined [...]
Jane’s Party Tunnel Visions Cadence Music Group Ok, let’s talk about lead single “Coming On Strong” by Jane’s Party. You can’t help but groove to the catchy upbeat tune – the lyrics, harmonies, and melodies just stick. To enter the full [...]
Aesop Rock The Impossible Kid Rhymesayers Entertainment One of the most powerful things about hip-hop is it’s ability to present complex, dark, and deeply personal thoughts and feelings. In his latest album The Impossible Kid, rapper Aesop Rock, [...]
Plants And Animals Waltzed In From The Rumbling Secret City Records Canadian indie alternative outfit Plants and Animals meanders around folky vibes caught up on dreamy, Radiohead-like soundscapes with Waltzed in from the Rumbling – an 11-piece [...]
Mo Troper Beloved Good Cheer Records When you hear the term “singer-songwriter” one generally thinks of a lone folk guitarist, sometimes accompanying him/herself with a harmonica hung around their neck, singing weighty songs set to three or four [...]
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard Nonagon Infinity ATO Records For the last few years, King Gizzard And the Lizard Wizard have been expanding their sound past the lo-fi sound they made their name with. In 2015 they released two outstanding LPs: [...]
Mulligrub Soft Grudge Independent The city of Winnipeg has spawned some major Canadian musicians over the past 50 years, The Guess Who and Neil Young being the most famous. Mulligrub is one of the latest products of The Peg. Over the past three [...]
Guided by Voices Please Be Honest Guided by Voices Inc. Guided By Voices’ new album, Please Be Honest, boasts aggressive melodies and biting lyrics accented by the rise and fall of the album’s two consistently wonderful guitars. Please Be Honest [...]
Royal Wood Ghost Light MapleMusic Recordings Full of beautiful melodies, heartfelt emotions and solid vocal tracks, Toronto based Royal Wood’s latest album Ghost Light will leave listeners mesmerized and eager to press the repeat button. [...]
Various Artists Brown Acid: The Second Trip RidingEasy Records You might just learn a thing or two… Brown Acid “The Second Trip” is the second edition of a wildly successful compilation series. RidingEasy Records had the challenging task of [...]
Suuns Hold/Still Secretly Canadian You’re staring at a shadow of a shadow of a shadow – what are you looking at? Hold/Still is Suuns’ (pronounced “soons”) third album in six years (if you ignore their collaborative effort from 2015 – a [...]
Ashley Shadow Ashley Shadow Felte Ashley Shadow’s debut self-titled album is a consistently haunting piece of work reminiscent of ‘90’s female singer/songwriters like Tori Amos. Shadow has, up until now, largely made her career as a backup [...]
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros PersonA Community Music/Fontana North Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros has dropped its fourth Album, PersonA, following its previously self-titled release three years prior. This Californian Indie, [...]
Solids Else Dine Alone Records Sometime in the early teens of the 21st century, a niche group of rock bands decided they were completely burned out on jangly Libertines-esque rock music, and dusted off their old Jawbox and Sebadoh cassettes. [...]
Moving Units Damage With Care Metropolis Records Los Angeles-based group Moving Units have recently released their fourth album, Damage with Care via Metropolis Records (April 8, 2016). As with the previous three albums, you can expect Damage [...]
M83 Junk Mute Records In every major artist’s career there is generally a record ascribed “the breakout album” and then, naturally, something called “the follow-up” follows… eventually. The breakout album speaks for itself. It’s the moment [...]
Tokyo Police Club Melon Collie and the Infinite Radness, Pt. 1 Mean Beard/Dine Alone Records The peachy keen resonance of Melon Collie. Tokyo Police Club have just released their latest album Melon Collie and the Infinite Radness, Pt. 1, after [...]
Woods City Sun Eater In The River of Light Woodsist Another day, another expansion of the discography from psych-folkers Woods. City Sun Eater in the River of Light represents the band’s 9th album in 10 years. The album title sounds like the [...]
