Album Reviews

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  LOONY Is Both the Sun and the Breeze on 'soft thing' EP

  PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2021

  It's been more than a year since Scarborough singer LOONY dropped her JOYRiDE EP. Her follow-up, soft thing, proves that the time between p...

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  I M U R's Pop Hedonism Has Depth on 'My Molecules'

  PUBLISHED Jun 25, 2021

  On My Molecules, I M U R singer Jenny Lea often sound like she's given up. The songs are full of Lea's stories of co-dependency and self-me...

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  Doja Cat Shows Off a World of Range on 'Planet Her'

  PUBLISHED Jun 24, 2021

  Doja Cat is in a league — or, in this case, on a planet — of her own. If it wasn't already obvious after the acclaim she's received from he...

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  Modest Mouse Play Against Their Strengths on 'The Golden Casket'

  PUBLISHED Jun 24, 2021

  Singer-guitarist Isaac Brock has long run a unique tightrope act in the singular little sphere of indie rock that Modest Mouse have carved...

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  Winnipeg's Caid Jones Embarks on a Triumphant Journey with 'No Distractions Please'

  PUBLISHED Jun 24, 2021

  Caid Jones is one of Winnipeg's rising young rappers, so it probably surprised some when, before his debut EP No Distractions Please had ev...

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  Janette King Sounds Like a Seasoned Pro on Debut Album 'What We Lost'

  PUBLISHED Jun 23, 2021

  Everyone has spent the past year reconciling with loss. Amid a pandemic and myriad social uprisings, the state of the world has come starkl...

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  Amenra's 'De Doorn' Is Transcendental Ambient Doom from One of the Genre's Best

  PUBLISHED Jun 23, 2021

  Belgian quintet Amenra have churned out crushing ceremonies since 1999, evidencing their work ethic with a sizeable discography and foundin...

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  Nick Ferrio Wrings Emotionality from Simplicity on 'Television of Roses'

  PUBLISHED Jun 22, 2021

  Nick Ferrio lives in the world of Beatles-style rock — upbeat music that should be blasted on summer drives with the windows down, with lyr...