Album Reviews
Big Red Machine Continue Prioritizing Vibes over Riffs on 'How Long Do You Think It's Gonna Last?'
PUBLISHED Aug 25, 2021
Indie rock has had a falling out with the guitar riff. Over the last 15 years, what was once the organizing force behind any kind of guitar...
CHVRCHES Find New Vitality in Analyzing Modern Society's 'Screen Violence'
PUBLISHED Aug 24, 2021
Screen Violence, CHVRCHES' fourth album, seems haunted by uncertainty: with choices made, with the world at large, and with (as its title s...
Martha Wainwright Strips Down Her Usual Theatricality on 'Love Will Be Reborn'
PUBLISHED Aug 19, 2021
Martha Wainwright has never been shy about the fact that she comes from one of Canada's most famous musical lineages. She has recorded song...
Between the Buried and Me's 'Colors II' Is a Love Letter to Their Crowning Achievement
PUBLISHED Aug 18, 2021
It's not braggadocious for Between the Buried and Me to acknowledge the significance of their 2007 album, Colors. How can they not? It's a...
Badge Epoch's 90-Minute 'Scroll' Would Be a Mess in Lesser Hands
PUBLISHED Aug 17, 2021
The latest instalment in the ever-expanding Slim Twig universe sees mastermind Max Turnbull step out from his Badge Époque Ensemble. Turnbu...
Cartel Madras Take Their Alt-Rap Creativity to the Next Level on 'The Serpent & the Tiger'
PUBLISHED Aug 16, 2021
Calgary-based alternative rap duo Cartel Madras are back with the third and final instalment of their Project Goonda trilogy of EPs, The Se...
Deafheaven Tone Down the Metal but Still Hit Hard on 'Infinite Granite'
PUBLISHED Aug 16, 2021
Deafheaven have never been a band to shy away from their artistic vision. Their landmark sophomore LP, Sunbather, melded black metal's fury...
The Killers' 'Pressure Machine' Is Like 'Hillbilly Elegy' but Good
PUBLISHED Aug 13, 2021
The Killers, a band once synonymous with the post-punk revival in the early '00s, have gone full dad rock — more specifically, Bruce Spring...
