Articles By Cosette Schulz
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Devendra Banhart Ma Published Sep 17, 2019"Is this nice? Do you like it?" asks Devendra Banhart in the opening line on his tenth musical offering to the universe, Ma. Perhaps it asks...
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Ty Segall First Taste Published Aug 01, 2019Ty Segall is having fun. So much so that on First Taste, he's shelved his signature fuzzed-out electric guitar for different flavours found...
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Daniel Romano Finally Free Published Nov 28, 2018Two releases this year simply could not satisfy the fertile mind of Daniel Romano, as Finally Free, his third LP of 2018, proves. Never has...
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Foxwarren Foxwarren Published Nov 27, 2018The release of Foxwarren's debut record couldn't be sweeter for Andy Shauf, certainly one of Canada's top melody makers. The band, which fea...
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Ty Segall Fudge Sandwich Published Oct 29, 2018Here's Ty Segall, American fuzz-lord extraordinaire, serving up a record of covers sweetly named Fudge Sandwich. You can safely assume you'r...
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Arctic Monkeys Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino Published May 09, 2018Five years after the hugely successful AM and the hiatus that followed, Sheffield, UK's Arctic Monkeys are serving up perhaps their least co...
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La Luz Floating Features Published May 08, 2018Listening to surf-noir group La Luz, one might assume the all-female foursome were born and bred in California, given their ability to sonic...
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FRIGS The Garrison, Toronto ON, April 7 Published Apr 08, 2018The Garrison was buzzing in advance of Toronto's FRIGS taking the stage. The room was dark aside from dim red and purple lights angled onto...
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FRIGS Basic Behaviour Published Feb 23, 2018The album art for FRIGS' Basic Behaviour — digitally designed by Toronto artist Olenka Szymonski — features a nude woman chained with her ar...
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Born Ruffians Uncle, Duke and the Chief Published Feb 16, 2018Uncle, Duke and the Chief, the latest offering from Toronto-by-way-of-Midland, Ontario's Born Ruffians, truly feels like a return to form. I...
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Ty Segall Freedom's Goblin Published Jan 24, 2018Californian king of the riff Ty Segall, now 30 and married, has grown in more ways than one. Freedom's Goblin is album number 10 for Segall...
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Daniel Romano Nerveless / Human Touch Published Jan 20, 2018Surprise, surprise, and cast your ears and eyes to not one, but two new releases from Welland's top musical shapeshifter Daniel Romano. Roma...
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LUKA What Kind of Animal Published Nov 28, 2017What Kind of Animal, the latest from Toronto's LUKA, comes with a suggestion from the mind behind it all, Luke Kuplowsky: "The record is a s...
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Feist Massey Hall, Toronto ON, September 24 Published Sep 25, 2017Under an "adult-sized" mobile displaying a curious mix of glass orbs and brass ornaments, while a disco ball and wall of light panels sat do...
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The Babe Rainbow The Babe Rainbow Published Sep 17, 2017Australian trio the Babe Rainbow (who individually go by Jack "Cool-Breeze," Angus Darling The Hothouse Flower and Lu-Lu-Felix Domingo) are...
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Ariel Pink Dedicated to Bobby Jameson Published Sep 15, 2017It's curious that record number 11 from Los Angeles' Ariel Pink (nee Rosenberg), Dedicated to Bobby Jameson, would be somewhat of a concept...
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Away from Young Rival, Aron D'Alesio Lets the Muses Guide Him Published Aug 25, 2017Hamilton's Aron D'Alesio is going it alone. His self-titled debut record is a lo-fi celebration of simplicity created in an isolated basemen...
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Aron D'Alesio Aron D'Alesio Published Aug 23, 2017Following years of fronting Hamilton band Young Rival, Aron D'Alesio has unveiled his debut solo release, conveniently and simply titled Aro...
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Blondie Sony Centre, Toronto ON, July 26 Published Jul 27, 2017New York City punk and pop icons Blondie brought a taste of their revered catalogue to the Sony Centre last night (July 26), to an absolutel...
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King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Murder of the Universe Published Jun 23, 2017Australia's King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard cross off album number two of the promised set of five to be released this year with Murder o...