Skrillex & Kill The Noise Recess Remixes Asylum Meh. The remixes were meh. At first, when I saw Fatman Scoop AND Skrillex, I was excited to turn up the volume and just indulge in ear candy. But about 1:37 seconds through the first song, I [...]
Every Time I Die From Parts Unknown Epitaph Records Low expectations would not be among the most common prior to the release of Every Time I Die’s seventh studio album, From Parts Unknown. All of the properties were in place for one [...]
Thought Beneath Film Cartographers MapleMusic Recordings/Fontana North The thoughts that lie beneath the film, the thin veil of disguise, are not always what they seem. So it is with Thought Beneath Film’s Cartographers. It would [...]
White Lung Deep Fantasy Deranged Records Canadian punk band, White Lung, released their third studio album entitled Deep Fantasy. Hailing from Vancouver, White Lung showcases that a group of three women (and their male guitarist) can create [...]
Bob Mould Beauty & Ruin Merge Records Bob Mould’s eleventh solo album by and large finds him sounding rejuvenated. Opener “Low Season” has growling, brooding guitars in the manner of his classic Black Sheets of Rain album. It’s [...]
Peter Murphy Lion Nettwerk Music Group More than 30 years have passed since his Bauhaus days and now Peter Murphy is back three years after his last solo album with Lion, his tenth solo album. He is still dealing in commanding gothic [...]
Stan Getz/Joao Gilberto Getz/Gilberto (Extended Edition) Verve/Universal 50 years ago, tenor saxophonist Stan Getz collaborated with Brazilian singer and guitarist Joao Gilberto, his wife Astrud Gilberto and pianist/composer Antonio Carlos [...]
Coldplay Ghost Stories Warner Records Canada One’s heart may beat faster while envisioning what could have been; Coldplay’s sixth studio album Ghost Stories tells the sombre tale of lead singer Chris Martin’s personal life and his ending [...]
Buddy Rich The Solos Lightyear Entertainment Buddy Rich was heralded as one of the great jazz drummers of all time. What was even more amazing is that he admitted to not even practicing or honing his craft after performances or during [...]
The Black Keys Turn Blue Nonesuch Records What would happen if Pink Floyd tried to make a blues record? Thanks to The Black Keys and their latest release, Turn Blue, listeners can now imagine such an album. The hard rocking duo have dialed back [...]
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult Spooky Tricks Rykodisc Records I was walking down the street when the atmosphere around me suddenly shifted. Over the course of the next few minutes my reality was contorted and rearranged in a way that I [...]
Chromeo White Women Last Gang Records Chromeo have managed to put together a pretty good album, but they’re just too cool to admit it. Four years after Chromeo’s mainstream hit Business Casual, the Montreal-based duo are back with their fourth [...]
Rodrigo Amarante Cavalo Easy Sound Saudade is a Portuguese word known for being notoriously difficult to translate into English. Roughly, it comes to mean a sense of profound melancholy or longing, and it is a common element in the music of [...]
Young Magic Breathing Statues Carpark Records Electronic duo Young Magic released their second album, Breathing Statues, under Carpark Records. The band creates a collection of 10 tracks that all emit a psychedelic and surreal feel. Their tunes [...]
Lykke Li I Never Learn EMI/Atlantic The mysterious music of Lykke Li brings pleasure, pain, sadness and joy among other intense feelings. Her unique style of swooping ambient sounds with an eerily beautiful voice will stun you and have you [...]
Flash Lightnin’ For The Sinners Pheromone Recordings In a few words, Flash Lightnin’s new album, For The Sinners, kicks mammoth ass. If you go back in time to the killer four on the floor stadium rock bands of the ‘70s and ‘80s, like [...]
Damon Albarn Everyday Robots Parlophone/Warner Music Canada Damon Albarn has had a conflicted relationship with modern life for decades. As frontman for Britpop band Blur in the ‘90s, Albarn sang about the cultural homogenization that would [...]
Jerry Leger Early Riser Latent Recordings Early Riser marks Jerry Leger’s seventh album in less than 10 years and it’s clear that he’s a man on a mission to reinvigorate the Canadian Roots Rock landscape for the better. When [...]
Eels The Cautionary Tales Of Mark Oliver Everett E Works/Vagrant It’s hard to believe that this is Mark Everett’s eleventh album. Easy-listening and gentle, The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett is unlike his previous work and is [...]
Weaves Weaves Buzz Records It’s clear upon the first listen of their self-titled EP that Weaves have carved a compelling sound that can’t be easily pinned down. The brainchild of actor/producer/musician Morgan Waters and former Rat Tail [...]
Various Artists Ronnie James Dio: This Is Your Life (Tribute Album) Rhino In honour of Ronnie James Dio’s incredible music career and immeasurable influence on heavy metal and hard rock, the best of today’s metal bands congregated [...]
Tokyo Police Club Forcefield Mom + Pop It’s been four years since Canadian quartet Tokyo Police Club released their last studio-length album, and in the time since they have only continued to hone their signature pop-slash-post-punk [...]
Jessy Lanza Modcast Mix Modular Records This Hamilton, Ontario native caught my attention last September with the release of her slick, electrifying electro-R&B debut album Pull My Hair Back. Now Lanza has dropped a modcast mixtape for [...]
Jay Malinowski & The Deadcoast Martel Pirates Blend I was really excited when I heard that Jay Malinowski, the singer-songwriter and Bedouin Soundclash frontman, was releasing new music after listening to his latest project, Martel by Jay [...]
