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 [...]
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 [...]
