All Hail the Yeti All Hail the Yeti Afm Records All Hail the Yeti is a young Metal band combining elements of Groove Metal, Nu Metal and Death Core into a concoction that is not entirely successful. They are trying to please far too many [...]
Marilyn Manson Slo-Mo-Tion Remix EP Dine Alone Records Canadian-based Dine Alone Records presents us with a six-track remix EP of Marilyn Manson’s single “Slo-Mo-Tion,” a song originally marked as the second single from Manson’s Born Villain [...]
Jack McNairn Neighbours Independent The first track hits like a James Brown number. Maybe it’s the guitar. Maybe it’s just me. Jack Mcnairn’s Neighbours is a retracing of steps and a travelogue of influences from Deep South Rock ‘n’ Roll to [...]
Antony and the Johnsons Cut the World Secretly Canadian Antony and the Johnsons know how to break hearts. They know the notes and timbre to strike a sense of sombre meaning into fabric of listeners’ minds. It is through Antony’s unique voice, [...]
Rob Zombie Mondo Sex Head Universal Records Electro-Metal remixes. That would sum up Mondo Sex Head for sure. Rob Zombie has always had his own flavour of music, but with remixes, it’s like the tracks have been spiced up and intensified. With [...]
The Lost Sounds Lost Lost Demos Goner Records Having never heard the Lost Sounds before, and being a big fan of Jay Reatard’s music, I found the latest release from Lost Sounds a fitting addition to Mr. Reatards seemingly endless catalogue of [...]
Taurus Life Independent What I want from my Metal is something that scares me. Something that makes me feel uneasy. Taurus sounds like mental illness in the very best way you can think of mental illness. The guitars are slow, sludgy and [...]
Purity Ring Shrines Last Gang Entertainment Purity Ring’s eerie and direful sound is certainly what draws such a big audience; they are mysterious, highly talented and simply irresistible. The band is fresh and modern with comparisons to [...]
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 [...]
