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...

Ty Segall First Taste

Published Aug 01, 2019

Ty Segall is having fun. So much so that on First Taste, he's shelved his signature fuzzed-out electric guitar for different flavours found...

Daniel Romano Finally Free

Published Nov 28, 2018

Two releases this year simply could not satisfy the fertile mind of Daniel Romano, as Finally Free, his third LP of 2018, proves. Never has...

Foxwarren Foxwarren

Published Nov 27, 2018

The 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...

Ty Segall Fudge Sandwich

Published Oct 29, 2018

Here's Ty Segall, American fuzz-lord extraordinaire, serving up a record of covers sweetly named Fudge Sandwich. You can safely assume you'r...

Arctic Monkeys Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino

Published May 09, 2018

Five years after the hugely successful AM and the hiatus that followed, Sheffield, UK's Arctic Monkeys are serving up perhaps their least co...

La Luz Floating Features

Published May 08, 2018

Listening to surf-noir group La Luz, one might assume the all-female foursome were born and bred in California, given their ability to sonic...

FRIGS The Garrison, Toronto ON, April 7

Published Apr 08, 2018

The 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...

FRIGS Basic Behaviour

Published Feb 23, 2018

The album art for FRIGS' Basic Behaviour — digitally designed by Toronto artist Olenka Szymonski — features a nude woman chained with her ar...

Born Ruffians Uncle, Duke and the Chief

Published Feb 16, 2018

Uncle, 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...

Ty Segall Freedom's Goblin

Published Jan 24, 2018

Californian 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...

Daniel Romano Nerveless / Human Touch

Published Jan 20, 2018

Surprise, surprise, and cast your ears and eyes to not one, but two new releases from Welland's top musical shapeshifter Daniel Romano. Roma...

LUKA What Kind of Animal

Published Nov 28, 2017

What 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...

Feist Massey Hall, Toronto ON, September 24

Published Sep 25, 2017

Under 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...

The Babe Rainbow The Babe Rainbow

Published Sep 17, 2017

Australian trio the Babe Rainbow (who individually go by Jack "Cool-Breeze," Angus Darling The Hothouse Flower and Lu-Lu-Felix Domingo) are...

Ariel Pink Dedicated to Bobby Jameson

Published Sep 15, 2017

It's curious that record number 11 from Los Angeles' Ariel Pink (nee Rosenberg), Dedicated to Bobby Jameson, would be somewhat of a concept...

Away from Young Rival, Aron D'Alesio Lets the Muses Guide Him

Published Aug 25, 2017

Hamilton'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...

Aron D'Alesio Aron D'Alesio

Published Aug 23, 2017

Following years of fronting Hamilton band Young Rival, Aron D'Alesio has unveiled his debut solo release, conveniently and simply titled Aro...

Blondie Sony Centre, Toronto ON, July 26

Published Jul 27, 2017

New 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...

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Murder of the Universe

Published Jun 23, 2017

Australia'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...