It’s hard to believe that Eamon McGrath is still in his early 20s; his delivery speaks of a man with much more experience under his belt. And whether he’s belting it out, or whispering into the mic, his gravel-throated voice doesn’t hurt this notion. My guess is that he’s been smoking two packs a day since he was six months old. He’s just released...Read More

Having been a massive fan of the group since the day my hungover soul was BURNED by their bomber-style live assault at the All Tomorrow’s Parties NY fest a couple years back, forgive me a little bit of leeway in my championing of Dave W, Ego Sensation and company as one of the last defenders of RAWK, in all its stinking glory, that a regular guy or gal can really lay your...Read More

A couple years ago, I decided to have my cat Chester neutered. I took him to a rural vet, and I agreed to take him back home pretty much right when the procedure was finished. The vet gave Chester a dose of ketamine (a common animal tranquilizer) to knock him out while keeping him conscious. It took most of that day for Chester to come out of the k-hole enough to even be able to...Read More

Charlottetown’s Boxer the Horse are releasing their second full-length album, French Residency, on March 13. Yesterday, they let rip the first single from the album, “Rattle Your Cage,” on Read More

I recently signed up for Netflix, and I’ve been loving the music documentaries on there. Recently I’ve watched great stuff like I Need That Record, about indie record stores and the music industry, as well as Until the Light Takes Us, about those wacky Norwegians and how they love to listen to metal and burn down churches. I was at a little...Read More

Lurking in Toronto's shadows for a number of years, Deloro have finally stepped into the light. Along with visual artist Tony Romano, the five-piece is comprised of some of the biggest talents in Canadian independent music: Jennifer Castle (aka Castlemusic), David Clarke (One Hundred Dollars), Paul Mortimer (One Hundred Dollars), and Dallas Wehrle (Constantines). Their...Read More

It seems like so long ago now that Feral Children -- which had up until late 2009 been the solo project of Saskatoon musician Ryan Davidson -- developed into a fully-formed four-piece band. Initially featuring Davidson on guitars, loops and vocals, Will Kaufold on Guitar, Sarah Charters on Bass and Nathan Youngs on drums, the band immediately exploded, adapting Davidson’s...Read More

A fantastically crafted album that’s been on repeat in every musical appliance I own lately is Summer of Lust by Library Voices [LV]. The Regina supergroup’s sophomore full-length collection came out on August 23rd, which helped kicked off their tour across Canada. I saw these guys in concert last year, and soon after purchased Denim on Denim. That disc also got some...Read More

CFCR Music Department QUICK PICK Fourth album from this Leicestershire, UK quintet shows a band truly on the top of their game. Chock full of anthems (“Days Are Forgotten”) and minimal offerings best suited for late night sessions (“I Hear Voices”), Kasabian are proving that a...Read More

It wasn’t until I fully began to understand and enjoy Kraftwerk’s emotionless robotic idealisms in electronic music that I desired to find more artists whose musical oscillations provided background for the same distant near-human vocal drones I had grown to crave. Leave it up to The Modern Men to fill that void in my life! Laced with hypnotic grooves, the...Read More