Album Reviews

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  Talia Schlanger Finds a Gentle Resilience on 'Grace for the Going'

  PUBLISHED Feb 5, 2024

  On 'Grace for the Going,' Talia Schlanger is complex and paradoxical, brilliantly balancing an impressive duality...

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  Jeen Shines on 'Gold Control'

  PUBLISHED Feb 2, 2024

  'Gold Control' finds JEEN in a state of contemplation, adding tinges of shoegaze and ‘80s goth pop to her scrappy rock melange...

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  J Mascis Makes the Most of His Time on 'What Do We Do Now'

  PUBLISHED Feb 2, 2024

  Mascis returns with his greatest solo effort yet on 'What Do We Do Now,' melding his solo work and his more famous electric sorcery ...

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  Liquid Mike Rise to the Occasion with 'Paul Bunyan's Slingshot'

  PUBLISHED Jan 30, 2024

  Paul Bunyan’s Slingshot is a fun and ambitious (but not too ambitious) expansion of Liquid Mike’s sound...

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  Vera Sola's 'Peacemaker' Brims with Cinematic Grandeur

  PUBLISHED Jan 30, 2024

  Vera Sola’s sophomore album feels like a long lost Western, complete with sweeping American landscapes, gun-slingers and a troubled heroine...

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  TORRES Is a Towering Presence on 'What an Enormous Room'

  PUBLISHED Jan 26, 2024

  I’ve started thinking about rooms, and what it means to have a room of one's own, differently since I moved to Toronto. The reasons for...

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  Ty Segall's 'Three Bells' Rings with Clarity

  PUBLISHED Jan 25, 2024

  Segall draws on his influences — psych rock, folk, heavy metal — and produces one of his most conceptual and narratively clarified records...

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  The Smile's 'Wall of Eyes' Feels Like a Comedown

  PUBLISHED Jan 24, 2024

  'Wall of Eyes' is an album of background music, a collection of songs that just weren’t good enough to be on its predecessor....