La Force
La Force Finds the Eye of the Storm with "protection"
Exclaim! Staff Picks
PUBLISHED Oct 2, 2024
It was befitting that the album artwork for La Force's great 2023 album 'XO SKELETON' was a black and white image of Ariel Engle covered in...
Here's the 2024 Polaris Music Prize Long List
PUBLISHED Jun 11, 2024
Canada's Polaris Music Prize has unveiled its 2024 long list. The 40-album long list for the annual prize can be found in full below...
Victoria's Rifflandia Gets TLC, Feist, the Beaches for 2024 Edition
PUBLISHED May 30, 2024
Victoria, BC's annual genre-fluid music festival Rifflandia has unveiled the full lineup for this year's edition, taking place from...
Five Must-See Acts at Le Festif! 2024
PUBLISHED Apr 11, 2024
There's something about those rural Quebec music festivals that's just built different, y'know? Dwelling in that je ne sais quoi is...
Quebec's Le Festif! Gets Half Moon Run, Karkwa, Ibibio Sound Machine for 2024 Edition
PUBLISHED Apr 9, 2024
Celebrating its 15th anniversary this year, Le Festif! returns to Baie-Saint-Paul in Quebec's Charlevoix region from July 18 to 21...
28 Great Canadian Albums You Might Have Missed in 2023
PUBLISHED Dec 7, 2023
Canada has long been known for producing a surprising number of crossover successes for a country with a relatively small population. In 20...
La Force Touches Life's Brightest Spots and Darkest Corners on 'XO SKELETON'
PUBLISHED Sep 28, 2023
On a gorgeous, compelling record that meditates on death, life, love and the endless questions they conjure, La Force's Ariel Engle creates...
La Force Announces New Album 'XO Skeleton,' Shares Lead Single "condition of us"
PUBLISHED May 31, 2023
Broken Social Scene singer Ariel Engle very recently teamed up with Efrim Manuel Menuck on the post-rock project ALL HANDS_MAKE LIGHT, who...
