Toronto's Quest for Fire have released their second full-length album, Lights From Paradise, their debut on famed US Indie Psych-Rock label Tee Pee. This 8-song LP drives your mind through valleys and peaks, with soaring guitars, haunting vocals and crashing drums. After a few listens, you...Read More

Ripping into the opening & title selection of Wavves new album King of the Beach, its "you're neva gonna stop me" mantra seems to manifest itself as the band’s mastermind Nathan Williams' transcendence into some sort of colourful, contemporary Cobain-ite. While perhaps it remains in vain to make such extravagant...Read More

Vancouver's 1986 world fair had a lot going for it – the Great Hall of Ramses the II, Bill Cosby, a UFO- themed water park, a century-old railway roundhouse, Miles Davis, a riot and Jacques Cousteau were all there. Now that it has also been retroactively given the distinction of bringing Wolf Parade together it can safely be added to the list of “best summers...Read More

Though there has been much speculation about the meaning behind the title of his newest album TSOL, in a recent interview with Exclaim! Magazine, Shad explained that TSOL “doesn’t stand for any one thing.”  By leaving it open to interpretation, Shad allows the listener to determine their own meaning of the title; and whether intentional or...Read More

The Fjords have been a favourite Saskatoon act of mine for years. When rumours began a few years ago that their full-length might finally see the light of day, I was fearful. I was worried that there may have been some lost musical momentum or a major change in sound. Thankfully, my fears were all for naught. The people demanded a Fjords album and that is exactly what...Read More

A going concern for a few years now, The Besnard Lakes never really floated my boat all that much. I mean, I bore them no ill will or anything like that, it's just their songs never seemed to take off for me. All the proper elements were in place, the production was spot-on, the vocals soared all nice and everything but the songs lacked, for want of any other word,...Read More

When Plants and Animals’ debut full-length album Parc Avenue came out in 2008, it took me some time to even give it an initial listen. As a former resident of Montreal, I was a little jaded of all these ‘Montreal Bands’ coming out of the woodwork. But when I finally put Parc Avenue into the old music box, it almost instantly became one of my...Read More

Right from the opening moments of record hiss and pop on Morning Benders newest release Big Echo, a certain vintage aesthetic is quickly evident. The Benders are obviously versed in the pop music of the last 60 years. They showed it off in 2008, first on their debut album Talking Through Tin Cans, then mapped their musical background like posters on their...Read More

Postdata is undeniably a Wintersleep side-project – Paul Murphy's voice sounds as comfortable and assuring as always, almost more so, enveloped in the minimalist, dark folk aesthetic that he has created for this solo effort. The band's website calls the deeply personal nature of the album to attention. The info section consists of a series of abstract...Read More

Life is a bizarre and somewhat uncomfortable journey sometimes and, if you’re anything like me, some nights are best spent with a glass of whiskey listening to an artist who understands exactly that. Folks can now chalk Greg MacPherson’s latest effort Mr. Invitation right up there with the best of them. After years of fans in Europe, USA and Canada constantly hounding...Read More