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 [...]
The Fratellis Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied Cooking Vinyl The Fratellis’ fourth album, Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied, is easily their best to date. Each song requires at least two listens – the first to take in the new sounds, fusion of instruments, and [...]
Teen Daze Morning World Paper Bag Records Laced with crunchy guitars, tastefully used strings, and plenty of synthesizers, Morning World sounds cinematic at times, like it could soundtrack a dialogue-free film or a commercial. The newest release [...]
Lindi Ortega Faded Gloryville Last Gang Records It looks like August promises to be a scorcher, and certainly the best month of the whole summer. It promises to be glorious because our very own Canadian Tin Star, Miss Lindi Ortega, is treating [...]
Slow Death Lights Broken Spirit Desert Nightmare Independent Another fuzzed-out stepchild of hard rock and heavy metal! Toronto-based stoner rock band Slow Death Lights throws down a two-track EP that showcases their veteran ability to go with [...]
Iglomat Iglomat III KFM Records David Jack is back for Number three! The Scotlander known as David Jack is a DJ, producer and composer whose cross-continental recording project, Iglomat, throws out its 10-track release. This instrumental, post [...]
Jim Dan Dee Five Stiff Shots Independent Pass me the bourbon-fueled funkabilly grunge blues!! Hometown Toronto heroes James Stefanuk, Shawn Royal, Scott Morris and Bobby Seweryneck hammer us with some pumped-up, alt blues booty-shaking tunes on [...]
R10T Digital R10T Independent Electronic music is still in a state of rapid expansion. Artists all over the world continually grope, with knobs, cords and software, hoping to touch the limits of their domain. Eno still searches for [...]
Tame Impala Currents Modular Every so often an artist produces an album that comes from left field. Whether it’s a change in their subject matter or sound, these albums often turn out to be the ones we remember them for. The Beach Boys’ Pet [...]
Ego Likeness When the Wolves Return Metropolis Records Wolf this album down!! American darkwave /industrial rock band Ego Likeness returns with its fifth studio album featuring 12 tracks. It’s always exciting to see Steven Archer and Donna [...]
Bassnectar Into The Sun Amorphous Music Bringing back the bass in Bassnectar! Dubstep, like most genres, is an acquired taste, and can become repetitive with the usual “build up then bass drop” standard. Not so with American DJ [...]
Neil Young & Promise Of The Real The Monsanto Years Reprise Records/WEA International Inc. The golden age of protest songs came to an end in the late’60s, but the echoes of that age and the voice of a whole generation are still heard today. [...]
Roger Waters Amused To Death (Re-Issue) Columbia/Legacy In the years immediately following his estrangement from his Pink Floyd band mates, Roger Waters’ musical career took a strange turn. While asserting (in a song lyric) “This is my [...]
The Orb Moonbuilding 2703 AD Kompakt The British ambient synth duo of Alex Paterson and Thomas Fehlmann describe their latest release as based on the idea that mankind discovers its roots, as interpreted through musical harmonies, on the ancient [...]
Yukon Blonde On Blonde Dine Alone Records Once again brandishing their energetic brand of indie rock, Yukon Blonde take a head-first dive into a synth-infested ocean on their follow up to 2012’s Tiger Talk. On Blonde has all the glitz and energy [...]
Machinista Garmonbozia AnalogueTrash Records Det gäller att smida medan järnet är varmt (Translation: You have to strike while the iron is hot). Conceived in 2012, the Swedish electronic-pop duo Machinista continue to forge forward as they [...]
Glitch Mob Piece Of The Indestructible Glass Air Records With their new EP Piece of the Indestructible, The Glitch Mob has taken a route that is quite different from today’s prototypical EDM artists in the industry. Forgoing strong bass [...]
