Album Reviews

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  Gumm Shake the Foundation on 'Slogan Machine'

  PUBLISHED May 15, 2023

  The last two years have been very kind to hardcore bands and their fans. Recently, there's been a barrage of great releases that have seen...

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  Kristian North Grapples with Reality on 'Pseudoscience Fiction'

  PUBLISHED May 15, 2023

  The latest from Montreal's Kristian North, Pseudoscience Fiction, sees the artist at his most maximalist; a wild composer who seems able to...

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  'Could Have Done Anything' Places Charlotte Cornfield Among Canada's Great Storytellers

  PUBLISHED May 11, 2023

  Once described by Rolling Stone as "Canada's best-kept secret," Charlotte Cornfield may struggle to hold onto that mercurial anonymity foll...

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  Alison Goldfrapp Dives Headfirst into Pop Music on 'The Love Invention'

  PUBLISHED May 11, 2023

  In North America, Goldfrapp will be forever lumped together with the mid-'00s electroclash movement that spawned bygone acts like Fischersp...

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  Sister Ray Is Free to Be Anything on 'Teeth'

  PUBLISHED May 9, 2023

  There's something about Edmonton-born and Toronto-based songwriter Ella Coyes's voice that feels like a flag in an ardent breeze. On their...

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  Devours' Glittering 'Homecoming Queen' Welcomes You into Its Complicated Alienation

  PUBLISHED May 8, 2023

  Homecoming isn't for everyone. A heavily ritualized institutional ceremony loaded with the bombast and myth-building of parades and faux-mi...

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  Drain Somehow Exceed Expectations on 'Living Proof'

  PUBLISHED May 5, 2023

  DRAIN are undeniably at the top of their game. The Santa Cruz trio have been on the rise since releasing their debut LP California Cursed a...

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  Amos the Kid Secures His Hometown Hero Status with 'Enough as It Was'

  PUBLISHED May 4, 2023

  Walk down any street in Winnipeg with Amos Nadlersmith, better known as Amos the Kid, and someone is bound to stop you and chat. Since movi...