Still Corners Creatures of An Hour Sub Pop Records Sub Pop Records’ Still Corners release their debut full-length project, Creatures of An Hour. This record maintains an airy-atmospheric sound that listeners have probably come to [...]
Thomas Dolby Map of the Floating City Lost Toy People I’ve never been a big fan of the whole ‘80s synth-sound. For me the word ‘music’ gathers in itself a different connotation: dark guitar riffs, drum beats, alluring lead singers with croaky [...]
Scott Weiland The Most Wonderful Time of the Year Softdrive Records Commercialism and consumerism can easily bring out the Grinch in even the most ardent Christmas enthusiast. It seems as though nobody’s immune to picking the pockets of their [...]
Pop Will Eat Itself Chaos and Mayhem Metropolis Records/Cooking Vinyl “Pop will eat itself” is a quote from a NME article, by David Quantick, which over the years became something more than a statement – it became the name of a Punk band. PWEI, [...]
The Barmitzvah Brothers Growing Branches Label Fantastic! Reading the inside jacket of The Barmitzvah Brothers’ new album, Growing Branches, was enough to pique my interest and get me excited about this album. It talks about how the imminent [...]
Neon Indian Era Extraña EP Mom + Pop Records Neon Indian sends out a quick hit of Chillwave remixed tracks from the 2011 full-legnther, Era Extraña. Alan Palomo, the man behind the neon, chose a handful of artists that he had been listening to [...]
VNV Nation Automatic Metropolis Records/Anachron Sounds For their eighth studio album, Automatic, EBM outfit VNV Nation took a relaxed approach to things, emphasizing the more melodic aspects of the band’s signature sound. The band has said [...]
Left Spine Down Caution Metropolis Records Caution is the latest release, and second full-length album, by Vancouver-based, Left Spine Down. Produced by Dave “Rave” Ogilvie (Skinny Puppy, Marilyn Manson) this album sounds like a mix of another [...]
The Black Lips Arabia Mountain Vice The self-proclaimed ‘Flower Punks’ are back with Arabia Mountain, their seventh album, and first since 2009’s 200 Million Thousand. The Black Lips bring a lot more flower than punk to this record, opting for a [...]
Actual Water The Paisley Orchard Unfamiliar Records If four years is what it takes to finish an album and release it, then so be it. The Paisley Orchard is worth the wait. Music today is no longer the art of the rebellious teen spirit, as it was [...]
Martin Solveig Smash Warner Music Canada If it’s not ‘Big In Japan’ yet, it’s definitely big in the club scenes and radio stations. Electro meets Pop, grabbing a larger audience, Martin Solveig’s, Smash is heavy, energetic and something your [...]
Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats Blood Lust Metal Blade It’s been a while since I’ve heard deep and dark retro sounds from a modern Metal band. Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats sound like they were pulled right out of the early ’70s black magic era of [...]
Skold Tonight EP Metropolis Records My reaction when I first played “Tonight” was: ‘Wow, what am I listening to?’ This is when Tim Skold won me over. From Shotgun Messiah, through KMFDM to Marilyn Manson, Tim Skold finally comes back to his solo [...]
Blondes Business/Pleasure – Lover/Hater MEROK/RVNG INTL With Blonde’s latest release you will find a rather bland set of chilled out Electronica tunes that barely get a passing grade. The music does not come across all that evolved from [...]
Garth Hudson & Various Artists Chest Fever – A Canadian Tribute to The Band Curve Music Garth Hudson has grouped an all-star cast of Canadian musicians to build Chest Fever – A Canadian Tribute to The Band. Ultimately this release will leave [...]
Betty Moon Rollin Revolution Evolver Music Betty Moon is back with Rollin Revolution, a smoking hot album bustling with attitude and roaring energy. Moon, a Toronto native who now calls Los Angeles home, can boast a string of albums to her [...]
Dirty Projectors + Björk Mount Wittenburg Orca Domino Recording Inc. Listening to Dirty Projectors’ album Mount Wittenburg Orca (featuring Björk as co-collaborator) definitely classifies as one of the most interesting experiences of my life. If [...]
