By Alec Warkentin 4AD For all intents and purposes, the ever-growing acclaim surrounding Cincinnati commiserators The National can be attested…
4AD, Record Review, Sleep Well Beast, The National
By Mathew Wilkins VANCOUVER – Two months following the release of an enormously strong sophomore album Soft Sounds From Another…
alternative pop, Fox Cabaret, japanese breakfast, Michelle Zauner, soft sounds from another planet
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By Jared Majeski Mint Records Jessica Jalbert, indie paladin of acid dream-in-denim psych pop, has been writing so many pleasant…
Faith Healer, Record Review, Try ;-)
By Mike Dunn Independent Too often, indie pop tends toward the simple, with the “millennial whoop” standing in for actual…
Goldtop, Independent, Record Review, You Possess Me
By Liam Prost ROYAL MOUNTAIN RECORDS When Alvvays burst onto the scene, it was a perfect conduit between stadium pop-rock…
Alvvays, and Tegan and Sara, Antisocialites, Beach House, Mac DeMarco, Polyvinyl Record Co., pop-rock, Record Review
By Trent Warner Round 4 Records If folks like Drake, the Weeknd, and PartyNextDoor harkened the beginning of the ‘alternative R&B’…
Liquid, Record Review, Round 4 Records, Unbuttoned
By Keeghan Rouleau Domino Three years removed from his last solo release, 2014’s Enter the Slasher House, Animal Collective’s Avey…
Avey Tare, Domino, Eucalyptus, Record Review
By Jodi Brak New Damage Records Silverstein is a rare example of a Canadian hardcore band that has never seemed to…
Dead Reflection, New Damage Records, Record Review, Silverstein
By Mike Dunn RidingEasy Records It’s refreshing to hear the added depth on Shooting Guns’ latest, Flavour Country. Their…
Flavour Country, Record Review, RidingEasy Records, Shooting Guns
By Courtney Faulkner Coax Records respectfulchild (敬兒) is the instrumental violin project of Gan from Saskatoon’s Treaty 6 Territory. Their music…
Coax Records, Record Review, respectfulchild (敬兒), 在找 ::searching::
By Liam Prost Jagjaguwar It’s rare that you see a debut LP so ambitious. Sharing a label with Bon Iver,…
Gordi, Jagjaguwar, Record Review, Reservoir
By Morgan Cairns CALGARY – After her feature film debut at TIFF in 2014, director Jordan Canning’s much-anticipated sophomore feature is…
Calgary International Film Festival, Suck It Up
