Album Reviews

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  Taylor Swift Is Her Own Timekeeper on 'Midnights'

  PUBLISHED Oct 24, 2022

  Nothing exists in a vacuum — least of all a Taylor Swift album. Perhaps more so than any other modern-day pop star, to be a critical consum...

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  BRASS Continue to Shine on 'Look on the Bright Side'

  PUBLISHED Oct 20, 2022

  "Winning Hand" — the first single off Look on the Bright Side, the new EP from Vancouver hardcore punks BRASS — is the perfect introduction...

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  Tim Baker Throws an Uplifting Party with 'The Festival'

  PUBLISHED Oct 19, 2022

  Three years after his debut album Forever Overheard, Newfoundland's Tim Baker is officially back with a record of post-pandemic anthems tha...

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  Gloin's 'We Found This' Is Worth Discovering

  PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2022

  Not many albums have the power to transport you into a completely new frame of mind — whether sinister or joyful — within its first few sec...

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  Jordaan Mason & Their Orchestra 'REWRITE THE WORDS AGAIN' with Honesty and Heart

  PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2022

  While certainly not unknown, Toronto's Jordaan Mason and their sprawling catalogue have maintained an obscure presence with a small but dev...

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  Arctic Monkeys' 'The Car' Is Pure Style

  PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2022

  Sometime between Arctic Monkeys' North American tours in 2009 and 2011, frontman Alex Turner changed completely. The aloofness that defined...

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  Titus Andronicus Are Stadium Ready on 'The Will to Live'

  PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2022

  Over 17 years and a half-dozen albums, Titus Andronicus have been, at various times, raucus, epic, overwhelming, relentless, uncompromising...

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  Quinton Barnes Careens Between Sounds and Feelings on 'For the Love of Drugs'

  PUBLISHED Oct 17, 2022

  Quinton Barnes' self-produced third album, For the Love of Drugs, is a gauntlet of tormented internal monologues. Drawing inspiration from...