Electric Six Bitch, Don’t Let Me Die! Metropolis Records Electric Six summons clichés like Taylor Swift summons gal pals to participate in her latest video shoot. Frontman Dick Valentine might have been a carny in a past life; his [...]
Rome Anthology 2005-2015 Trisol Music Group If Jérôme Reuter is two things and two things only, they are these: political and reflective. The leader of Rome (not to be confused with Caesar, Nero, Caligula, et al) is known for outspokenness on [...]
Peaches Rub I U She Music Are there no nice Canadian Jewish girls out there? Merrill Beth Nisker a.k.a. Peaches does her best to explode this stereotype with her sexually-charged themes and lyrics. And what the hell is Feist of “1234” fame [...]
Windhand Grief’s Infernal Flower Relapse Records As the sounds of a crackling bonfire introduce Windhand’s stunning new album, the band delivers the goods precisely at the 32-second mark, showcasing first-rate songwriting, studio [...]
Metric Pagans In Vegas Crystal Math Music Metric’s sixth studio album sounds very modern and fresh, staying true to the band’s goal of capturing “the romance of another time without falling into nostalgia.” They certainly achieved that goal with [...]
Diana Panton I Believe in Little Things eOne Music Juno Award-winning vocalist Diana Panton delivers again, bringing her childlike, sensitive voice to 15 classic songs geared toward bringing jazz to the whole family. Backed by her team of [...]
Battles La Di Da Di Warp Records Preamble: I don’t really know what to expect since this is my first time visiting a restaurant run by renowned chef collective “Battles”. I mean, I grabbed ice cream at Gloss Drop once a few years back, but that [...]
Duran Duran Paper Gods Warner Bros. Paper Gods does not disappoint. Released Sept. 11, Duran Duran’s 14th studio album since 1981 stays true to the band’s legacy while injecting a fresh flavour. The Fab Five, as they were known when they ruled [...]
Lakes Of Canada Transgressions Independent Remembering Kathleen Smith. Forged from the tragic death of Jake Smith’s mother Kathleen Smith in 2010, Montreal’s Lakes of Canada craft their second progressive / pop / folk / gospel [...]
Painted Palms Horizons Polyvinyl Records The San Fran cousins are back, with more instrumental layerings than you could shake a synth at! Reese Donahue and Christopher Prudhomme are the architects of this 10-track release, having created the [...]
Young Empires The Gates Pirates Blend Records It’s been three years since its debut EP Wake All My Youth, and Young Empires returns to us with its anthemic electro-pop in a full-length album, The Gates. However, Young Empires’ experimental synth [...]
Fidlar Too Mom & Pop Music Skate/garage punk band Fidlar’s new album Too oozes a cohesive range in vocals from harsh to sweet, and some great punk riffs and beats. The band finally came through with a professionally rendered and recorded [...]
Electronic Substance Abuse (ESA) Themes Of Carnal Empowerment Pt. 3: Penance WTII Records After two years of nail-biting anticipation, the third part of Themes of Carnal Empowerment by Electronic Substance Abuse is finally out; and once again [...]
Iron Maiden The Book Of Souls Warner Music Canada After 40 years of blistering metal, Iron Maiden is back with their 17th studio album, The Book of Souls. The band has not changed their potent recipe of writing, recording and producing; what [...]
Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats The Night Creeper Rise Above Records With Uncle Acid’s 4th full length release set to disturb the masses, Night Creeper assaults your psyche with doom and fury, peaks and valleys and bloody undertones that will [...]
Beborn Beton A Worthy Compensation Dependent Records Fans of Beborn Beton, unite! After a 15-year hiatus, the German synth-pop trio of Stefan Tillmann, Michael Wagner and Stefan Netschio are back with this 10-track album! With synthesizers and [...]
The Weeknd Beauty Behind The Madness XO Republic Pining for The Weeknd! Smooth-voiced Canadian/Ethiopian Abel Makkonen Tesfaye a.k.a The Weeknd, a.k.a the dreadlocked raconteur, kicks in your eardrums with this 14-track, star-studded, 2nd full [...]
Hooton Tennis Club Highest Point In Cliff Town Heavenly Recordings Does Hooton Tennis Club serve an ‘ace’? This fast-tracking, four-piece, poppy garage band from Chester, England are the toast of the town this past year, having gone [...]
Nirvana Nirvana Universal Music Nevermind the Bleach In Utero, Nirvana! And here it is, Nirvana’s 2002 posthumous self-titled collection that was swimming in legal troubles, parties fighting with each other, and further distractions. This [...]
Beach House Depression Cherry Sub Pop Musically, it’s rare to find a dreamier band than Baltimore’s Beach House. Depression Cherry is yet another amazing example of their musical power. Since their incredible self-titled debut album in 2006, [...]
Mr. Kitty Fragments Negative Gain Productions “The light to guide you through the darkness . . .” Austin, Texas resident Forrest Avery Carney creates ambrosial synth-pop tracks under the guise of Mr. Kitty. With a litany of [...]
Moondog Matinee Carry Me, Rosie Independent Moondog Matinee is the epitome of blues and rock ‘n’ roll. Their forthcoming sophomore album,Carry me, Rosie, set to be released this summer, is an explosive fusion of drums, electric guitar, and [...]
Will Currie And The Country French They Killed Us Murderecords Will Currie and the Country French are back, proving that jazz is still very much alive in 2015. In an era of pop music, their sophomore album, They Killed Us, is a combination of [...]
Cocksure Corporate Sting Metropolis Records Corporate Sting is a collaboration between Chris Connelly (of, among numerous others, Revolting Cocks fame, which I’m guessing was the impetus for the band name) and Jason Novak, perhaps best known for [...]
