UNCLE STRUT HOME AT LAST SPACEY GRACEY RECORDS Uncle Strut is one of many up-and-coming bands from Vancouver to keep your eye on. They have gained a considerable fanbase in the past few years with their terrific indie pop/indie rock tunes with [...]
KILYNN LUNSFORD PROMISCUOUS GENES FEEL IT RECORDS Ok, Kilynn Lunsford might seem an unusual name to some, but there are actually two who are currently making music—neither of the more usual kind. The one we’re talking about here though is [...]
FRIENDSHIP CAVEMAN WAKES UP MERGE RECORDS There’s this leftfield take on Americana music that has been going on for a while that encompasses quite a number of artists, from Will Oldham and Bill Callahan to the likes of Idaho Pernice [...]
NOW NOW DOES THE TRICK K RECORDS/PERENNIAL RECORDS What could be the key denominator for the artists who record for Olympia Washington’s stalwart recork label, K? Hard to put your finger on it, actually, but a great sense of melody. No matter [...]
DAN MANGAN NATURAL LIGHT ARTS & CRAFTS Dan Mangan’s new album Natural Light is really something. Touted as being a return to his folkie, singer-songwriter roots, it is a work of simple beauty. Recorded with bandmates Jason Haberman, Mike [...]
VARIOUS ARTISTS CHET BAKER RE:IMAGINED DECCA RECORDS/BLUENOTE RECORDS Chet Baker remains among the most revered American jazz artists of his time. Despite passing in 1988, Baker’s voice and the emotion he could conjure through the trumpet remain [...]
PAUL DI’ANNO IN MEMORY OF METALVILLE Following the recent passing of punk/metal legend and former Iron Maiden frontman Paul Di’Anno, Metalville Records delivers a powerful tribute that honours Di’Anno’s ferocious legacy as both a frontman [...]
THE DREAM EATERS THE DREAM EATERS QUARTERLY REPORT: Q125 INDEPENDENT The Brooklyn and Toronto-based pop duo The Dream Eaters has released a new EP. Listeners may have become aware of this act, fronted by Elizabeth LeBaron and Jake Zavracky, [...]
ABSOLUTE TREAT SHATTERED LOVE VICTORY POOL RECORDS There’s always a question going round with music/albums/EP’s that are distinctively –should you simply disregard it simply because it is pop? Sure, it just might be that there is a [...]
THE INCITERS I GIVE YOU MY SOUL PIRATES PRESS RECORDS The Inciters have returned with their first release since 2023’s full length album, Bring Back The Weekend. Their latest EP, I Give You My Soul, also follows a special vinyl release, BBTW, [...]
I’M WITH HER WILD AND CLEAR AND BLUE ROUNDER RECORDS When great vocal harmonies align, magic sparks fly through aural space, and it doesn’t matter what genre of music is involved, although, very often, those harmonies are rooted in [...]
BUILDINGS AND FOOD PROVINCIAL PARK INDEPENDENT Can you make a direct connection with nature through electronic music (ambient or otherwise)? Well, Jen K. Wilson, aka Buildings and Food, thinks that is possible and she keeps on making that [...]
TETRARCH THE UGLY SIDE OF ME NAPALM RECORDS Tetrarch have come a long way since their 2017 debut album Freak. The aggressive follow-up Unstable in 2021 really showed the band’s ability to push the limits of nu metal. They have returned after [...]
MARK PRITCHARD & THOM YORKE TALL TALES WARP RECORDS Electronic musician and producer Mark Pritchard and Radiohead and The Smile frontman Thom Yorke have teamed up to release Tall Tales. When two big-name and innovative creatives join forces [...]
SKYDIGGERS DREAMS & SECOND CHANCES SKYDIGGERS PRODUCTIONS LTD. Who knew, when we were grooving to now-classic Skydiggers tunes in the 1990s, that this roots rock band from Toronto would still be releasing relevant, vital and energized new [...]
BUTTHOLE SURFER LIVE AT THE LEATHER FLY SUNSET BLVD RECORDS There can’t be many weirder bands to try and capture the essence of than the crazy-named Butthole Surfers. That said, this album succeeds where many live albums fall down, by mixing [...]
ARCADE FIRE PINK ELEPHANT COLUMBIA RECORDS Indie rock would not be the same without Arcade Fire. They redefined the genre, gave us some of the greatest records since the 2000s, and influenced countless artists and bands. Their newest album is [...]
PETER MURPHY SILVER SHADE METROPOLIS RECORDS Peter Murphy finally returns with a new studio album, his first since 2014’s Lion. He released a number of live albums since then, but when he delivers a studio album, there is much to be celebrate. [...]
KALEO MIXED EMOTIONS ATLANTIC RECORDS KALEO is a rock/blues/country band from Iceland (Mosfellsbær, to be exact) who have been making their own brand of music since 2013, when they released their debut album, Kaleo. Mixed Emotions is their [...]
LITTLE FEAT STRIKE UP THE BAND HOT TOMATO Little Feat is a true legendary band. While there have been numerous member changes since they formed in 1969, Little Feat has endured and maintained a trademark sound. That doesn’t mean everything [...]
LA LUNE EVERYTHING IS AN ETERNAL CIRCLE AND IT REPEATS AND REPEATS ITSELF PLAY DEAD RECORDS If you are from the Vancouver area or familiar with Vancouver’s music scene than you probably have heard of the shoegaze rockers la lune. Last year, la [...]
REAL ESTATE THE WEE SMALL HOURS: B-SIDES AND OTHER DETRITUS 2011-2025 DOMINO RECORDS Following on from 2024’s reinventive effort “Daniel”, Real Estate attempts to bless our ears with this collection of oddities and deep cuts, and it’s a [...]
SHIPS IN THE NIGHT PROTECTION SPELLS METROPOLIS RECORDS Alethea Leventhal, aka Ships In The Night, already has a slew of releases behind her, with album Latent Powers from 2021 easily recalling the heyday of Cleopatra Records and its predominant [...]
PRESS CLUB TO ALL THE ONES THAT I LOVE INDEPENDENT Press Club’s highly anticipated album, To All The Ones That I Love, is an explosive wave of alternative bliss that will sweep listeners off their feet. Hailing from the gritty streets of [...]
