California Wives Art History Vagrant History drives art from opening to close, from start to finish with soothing Rock juxtapositions. Chicago-based quartet California Wives bring this enigmatic quality to their 2012 debut Art History, a place [...]
Riff Raff The Golden Alien RiFF RaFF Jody Highroller is an undeniable and entertaining swag chef. Some people might call his music “shitty Hip-Hop,” but something about it is just so drool-worthy. Riff Raff is most commonly known for being on [...]
Maximo Park The National Health V2 Records At this point, the members of Maximo Park are no strangers to the notion of the fast-paced Rock anthem. The National Health marks Newcastle-based Maximo Park’s fourth studio release, the band’s first [...]
Kelly Hogan I Like to Keep Myself in Pain ANTI- Records Kelly Hogan is a great talent with great pipes, great sass, and great friends and collaborators. (You might know her from her collaborations with Alejandro Escovedo and Jon Langford.) In [...]
Alt-J (∆) An Awesome Wave Atlantic/Infectious Music While it’s true that no band fails to leave a footprint in any specific genre, what Alt-J has done is come down squarely on the musical equivalent of the Four Corners quadripoint of the [...]
Gallon Drunk The Road Gets Darker From Here Clouds Hill The Road Gets Darker From Here is the highly anticipated razor sharp new disc from Punk-blues rockers Gallon Drunk. After the tragic illness and passing of their bassist Simon Wring, the [...]
16VOLT WISDOM METROPOLIS RECORDS Lest you think we’re 19 years behind the curve on this one, this is the new remastered version of 16volt’s 1993 debut album, Wisdom. Originally produced by Dave “Rave” Ogilvie and Keith Auerbach, this is the [...]
The Breezes The Breezes Independent From the snowy streets of Montreal comes The Breezes, the new LP from the band with the same name. As the name of the record may imply, the band’s debut work is a collection of light, airy tunes that awaken a [...]
Rendezvous Another Round Please Rough Trade / Moot Records I went on journeys in this first LP from Redezvous. A notable one; The Never Ending Story meets Total Recall slash a Bond flic in “The Murf.” Doesn’t make sense? Listen and watch. A [...]
Sharon Van Etten Tramp Jagjaguwar Finding fans and friends in Justin Vernon of Bon Iver (Vernon has performed with Van Etten in the past), Zach Condon of Beirut, and Aaron Dessner of The National, Sharon Van Etten has recruited an all-star cast [...]
Dr. Dog Be The Void Anti-Records With Simon and Garfunkel like harmonies, unique musical sounds, and a rather smart and witty commentary about life, love and everything in between, Dr. Dog’s Be the Void has been filling the musical void in my [...]
A Place to Bury Strangers Onwards to the Wall Dead Oceans While some like vanilla, others chocolate – A Place to Bury Strangers now brings a new flavour to the Rock genre that will make you abandon your past favourite and move on to something [...]
Errors Have Some Faith in Magic Rock Action Records The Scottish quartet that is Errors has returned with a well-thought-out album of dreamy, Electro-pop. Errors have defined their sound, moving from the Post-rock genre into experimental [...]
Lazerbeak Lava Bangers Doomtree Records To the average Joe, the closest one comes to being as cool as a Hip-Hop artist is by turning up the beats, cranking the windows way down in a ‘pretend’ pumped up car, while rolling down Main St. The new [...]
Evan Voytas Feel Me Dovecoat Records Feel Me is the third EP release from Evan Voytas, and it’s an uneven affair. Voytas’ sound is an update of ‘70s Soul and R&B, filtered through the oversized glasses of a disenfranchised club veteran. [...]
Porcelain Raft Strange Weekend Secretly Canadian Records In the midst of the all the business and action of the city, Mauro Remiddi , finds himself recording Strange Weekend in a New York basement, bringing ambient sounds and haunting vocals [...]
Walter Rose Cast Your Stone Independent Lyrics that tell of life’s heartaches are a dime a dozen in Country music – or any genre for that matter – but their delivery doesn’t always feel authentic. One listen to Walter Rose’s debut album, Cast [...]
Anthony Green Beautiful Things Photo Finish Records Anthony Green is an honest man – a loving father and husband, and a successful singer-songwriter who has overcome many hardships in his life. All of these characteristics are evident upon one’s [...]
Expensive Looks Dark Matters Group Tightener Like the ever-expanding universe, Alex Feld (aka Expensive Looks) knows music and creativity have no boundaries. His debut LP, Dark Matters, encompasses nine tracks of experimental Electro-house, [...]
Classified Joint Effort Mixtape Half Life Records Classified is one of Canada’s most prominent East-Coast Hip-Hop artists, hailing from Nova Scotia and lending his unique take to the scene by way of interesting beats, lyrics and a [...]
F Holes Red Hot Independent The first time I saw F Holes they were playing a Blues Festival in Kitchener, Ontario. I worked my way to the front during one of their Dixieland dance tunes amid shuffling 40-somethings, wild closet Punks and [...]
Guided By Voices Let’s Go Eat The Factory Guided by Voices Inc./ Fire Records You may have missed the charming Indie Rock with the absurd lyrics and psychedelic feelings of Guided By Voices from long ago, but they are back and fans will not be [...]
Charlotte Gainsbourg Stage Whisper Because Music Charlotte Gainsbourg’s Stage Whisper, her third album (or fourth, depending if you include Charlotte Forever from her adolescence) is a continuation of her second album, IRM (2010). The first part [...]
Martha Berner Fool’s Fantasy Independent Martha Berner’s new LP Fool’s Fantasy is airtight. But airtight like seafood at the Chinese supermarket I frequent. It might taste good once you cook it up, but it doesn’t smack you in [...]
