Articles by Peter Ellman

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  The Cyrillic Typewriter

  Your True Emblem

  PUBLISHED Sep 23, 2016

  The Cyrillic Typewriter is the avant/post-rock project of Jason Zumpano, featuring other members of Destroyer and Frog Eyes. The instrument...

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  Kirty

  Kirty

  PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2016

  Kirty is an indie folk singer-songwriter originally from Orillia, ON but now based in Toronto. Her 2012 debut featured melancholic country-...

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  Elephant Stone

  Ship of Fools

  PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2016

  Elephant Stone are the crown jewels of Montreal psych-rock. The Polaris Prize nominees emerged around 2009, self-branded by frontman/bassis...

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  The Luyas

  Says You

  PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2016

  The Luyas came out of the mid-2000s orchestral indie pop boom that included Arcade Fire and Bell Orchestre (with whom they've shared member...

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  Cymbals Eat Guitars

  Pretty Years

  PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2016

  Cymbals Eat Guitars debuted in 2009 with comparisons to Modest Mouse and Built To Spill; last year, they recorded with Brand New's Jesse La...

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  Keaton Henson

  Kindly Now

  PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2016

  Keaton Henson established himself as a terribly sad and self-pitying poet with his first two albums of soft-spoken indie folk, then, in 201...

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  Sarathy Korwar

  Day to Day

  PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2016

  Sarathy Korwar is a tabla player and drummer whose training and experience range from Indian classical traditions to jazz and avant-garde i...

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  Hakobune & Nobuto Suda

  幽霊の庭園 (Garden of Ghosts)

  PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2016

  Hakobune and Nobuto Suda both make beautiful ambient drone music on their own (Hakobune has around 50 releases to his name, Suda fewer), an...