This is a remarkably assured followup to Hilde Marie Holsen's well-received debut EP Ask. The trumpeter and soundscape artist has delivered...
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Beck Festival D'Été de Québec, Quebec City, July 12 Published Jul 13, 2018Cheesy "Que-Beck" dad joke aside, Beck really did make himself at home in Quebec City on Thursday night. Headlining the Bell Stage, the peti...
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Phoenix Festival D'Été de Québec, Quebec City, July 12 Published Jul 13, 2018France's danceable indie rock darlings Phoenix took to the Bell Stage Thursday night, facing the sunset and a still sparse crowd on the mass...
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Chelsea Grin Eternal Nightmare Published Jul 13, 2018Chelsea Grin could end up being the Slayer of deathcore. Virtually no other band has been as consistent or as dedicated to this breakdown-lo...
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Bjørn Torske Byen Published Jul 13, 2018In many cases, much of the music we listen to today has been brought about as a result of certain musical pioneers. Much of the emotion-lade...
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Noname RBC Bluesfest, Ottawa ON, July 12 Published Jul 13, 2018From the moment she stepped onto the Bluesfest main stage for her 6 p.m. set, Noname seemed bewildered and surprised that anyone actually kn...
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Femi Kuti & the Positive Force Opera House, Toronto ON, July 11 Published Jul 12, 2018Waist deep in an extended take on "Corruption Na Stealing," Femi Kuti hushed his backing band's bombast to the meditative rumble of the down...
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Courtney Barnett RBC Bluesfest, Ottawa ON, July 11 Published Jul 12, 2018About 24 hours after the Foo Fighters brought their slickly orchestrated rock'n'roll revue to Ottawa, it took an unassuming 30-year-old from...
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Alvvays Halifax Jazz Festival, Halifax NS, July 11 Published Jul 12, 2018The Halifax Jazz Festival's outdoor waterfront venue may be the biggest stage Alvvays have played in Halifax since breaking out with their s...
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The War on Drugs Halifax Jazz Festival, Halifax NS, July 11 Published Jul 12, 2018On a summer night that looked like the headliner sounded — hazy, foggy, a bit mysterious — the War on Drugs treated the Halifax waterfront t...
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Dave Matthews Band RBC Bluesfest, Ottawa ON, July 11 Published Jul 12, 2018The Dave Matthews Band are at a strange point in their career and the zeitgeist as a whole. On one hand, their recent album — Come Tomor...
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Dirty Projectors Lamp Lit Prose Published Jul 11, 2018Dirty Projectors mastermind David Longstreth has cautioned against comparing last year's self-titled record to his latest. Yet, by his own a...
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Fyvr Forget Published Jul 11, 2018The first of two beat-tapes slated to appear over a two-month period this summer, Forget is also the first substantial new material from Por...
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E-Saggila Dedicated to Sublimity Published Jul 11, 2018Toronto's Rita Mikhael has been slinging powerful blasts of noisy electronic music for the better part of this decade. Her unholy missives —...
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Wet Still Run Published Jul 11, 2018On Still Run, Wet seems to understand: it's evolve or die. The Brooklyn-based duo look to mature from their old sound, a mix of synth-pop an...
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Birds In Row We Already Lost the World Published Jul 11, 2018French hardcore punk trio Birds In Row return with their first full-length record in six years, We Already Lost the World. The band's sophom...
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M. Ward RBC Bluesfest, Ottawa ON, July 10 Published Jul 11, 2018It seemed like a questionable idea for the organizers of Ottawa's Bluesfest to set up ten rows of folding chairs in front of the tented Clar...
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Mikaela Davis Delivery Published Jul 11, 2018No matter how you plan, you can never predict the path your life will take. This was the case for harpist and singer-songwriter Mikaela Davi...
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CHRMR Respective Orbits Published Jul 11, 2018Rochester, NY's CHRMR consist of former and current members of Sulaco and Burn Everything. However, CHRMR take a different approach. Rather...
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Foo Fighters RBC Bluesfest, Ottawa ON, July 10 Published Jul 11, 2018In the lead-up to the release of the Foo Fighters' ninth studio album, last year's ambitious and ostentatious magnum rock opus Concrete and...