Praises In This Year: Hierophant Hand Drawn Dracula Praises, aka Jesse Crowe, caused quite a stir with Spill Magazine back in 2018 with their debut album In This Year: Ten of Swords. Four years on, and they’re back with yet another Tarot [...]
Tess Parks And Those Who Were Seen Dancing Fuzz Club/Hand Drawn Dracula Tess Parks’ debut Blood Hot really created some critical waves when it was released back in 2013, and rightly so. Yet, we haven’t heard much from Parks since [...]
TALLIES ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM PATINA AND SHARE NEW SINGLE “HEARTS UNDERGROUND” | TOUR DATES BELLA UNION/KANINE RECORDS/HAND DRAWN DRACULA The Toronto-based band, Tallies have shared their new single, “Hearts [...]
BREEZE SHARES “COME AROUND (FEAT. CADENCE WEAPON)” NEW ALBUM ONLY UP OUT AUGUST 26 VIA HAND DRAWN DRACULA Toronto-based producer and artist, Josh Korody (Nailbiter, Beliefs) who works under the moniker, Breeze is today sharing his [...]
Mimico Hi-Action Hand Drawn Dracula After four years, Mimico returns with their third album, Hi-Action, a six-track, forty-plus minute psychedelic sci-fi trip that is buoyed by the heavy use of vintage synthesizers to create pulsing, swirling, [...]
MIMICO – “NEW HAZE” A SPILL EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE Mimico is an interstellar trio formed in Toronto in 2011 comprised of Ben Oginz, Jeremiah Knight, and Nick Kervin. Named for a Toronto suburb, they traffic in an expansive [...]
Tallies Tallies Hand Drawn Dracula Toronto’s Tallies have released their new self-titled album. It is the second album for this late-80’s influenced indie pop band, led by singer-guitarist Sarah Cogan and guitarist Dylan Franklin. The 11 [...]
Praises In This Year: Ten of Swords Hand Drawn Dracula When it comes to a truly great album there are those in which the listener places themselves inside, exploring every aspect of the experience from the themes to its technicalities with [...]
Ora Cogan Crickets Hand Drawn Dracula Crickets is Ora Cogan’s fifth album, and it is her best. Last year she released the remarkable Shadowland, and to me it was somewhat doubtful she would be able to top such a personal and beautiful album. The [...]
TORONTO POWER-POP BAND THE SEAMS SHARE NEW VIDEO FOR “SEEDS” Hand Drawn Dracula “Lyrically, Seeds is all about guarding yourself, whether it’s love or friendship or any aspect of your life when interacting with people. Everyone feels [...]
The Seams Meet The Seams Hand Drawn Dracula The Seams are a fairly new Canadian band formed by members of Toronto indie bands WISH, Fake Palms, Elsa, and U.S. Girls. Together they create simple tunes influenced by rock and pop from the 60s [...]
His Clancyness Isolation Culture Hand Drawn Dracula / Maple Death Records His Clancyness’s forthcoming art-pop LP Isolation Culture provides an uplifting effervescence and groovy weightlessness that leaves you head-bopping and smirking as you [...]
WILLFULLY NOISY AND LOUD AN INTERVIEW WITH FRESH SNOW KEYBOARDIST & PRODUCER TIM CONDON I caught up with Tim Condon, guitarist, keyboardist and producer for Fresh Snow, to discuss the band’s second album, ONE, which was released to critical [...]
Fresh Snow One Hand Drawn Dracula Fresh Snow released their second album, One, September 9, 2016. This Toronto-based instrumental post-rock/Krautrock foursome is comprised of Brad Davis, Andy J. Lloyd, Jon Maki, and Tim Condon (who hails [...]
VALLENS – “DEVOUR” CONSENT (2016) Hand Drawn Dracula August 18, 2016 One of the first songs Vallens ever wrote, “Devour” is about how time can change any strong feeling, about being in a relationship while grieving [...]
NAILBITER – SPIRAL SWORM EP (2016) Wednesday, July 20, 2016 On his new EP Sworm Josh Korody (Beliefs & Candle Recording) is trying to find this grey area between dance floor and industrial music. A transitional project leaning more on [...]
VALLENS – “KAREN” CONSENT (2016) Hand Drawn Dracula May 22, 2016 Vallens new single “Karen” is named after Karen Carpenter. Vallens wrote the song after witnessing friends and [...]
DOOMSQUAD ANNOUNCE U.S. TOUR WITH HOLY FUCK + SHARE SANO REMIX OF “SOLAR ASS” Hand Drawn Dracula Following the recent release of their standout LP Total Time on Bella Union, Toronto electro-psych group DOOMSQUAD have announced a run [...]
SPILL NEW MUSIC: BELIEFS – “GET THERE” Hand Drawn Dracula Last autumn Toronto’s Beliefs released their second full length album, Leaper. As a surprise treat, from the same recording session, comes an added bonus track [...]
Doomsquad – “Pyramids On Mars” Hand Drawn Dracula With the release of their album Total Time just a few weeks away, DOOMSQUAD have unveiled a visually arresting and suitably psychedelic video for current single ‘Pyramids On [...]
DOOMSQUAD SET TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM TOTAL TIME OUT ON HAND DRAWN DRACULA APRIL 29th DOOMSQUAD will release their new album Total Time on April 29th via Hand Drawn Dracula (Canada) and Bella Union (Rest of world). Having formed in 2010 siblings [...]
‘Leaper’ out November 13 via Hand Drawn Dracula Toronto shoegaze band Beliefs are set to announce their sophomore album ‘Leaper’ on November 13 via Hand Drawn Dracula. This week the band shares the first single from the [...]
