Album Reviews

H.E.R. One-Ups Her Oscar Win with Masterful Debut Album 'Back of My Mind'
PUBLISHED Jun 22, 2021
H.E.R. is having quite a year. The Bay Area-based vocalist has already picked up a Grammy Award for 2020 single "I Can't Breathe" and an Os...
Lightman Jarvis Ecstatic Band's 'Banned' Finds Beauty in Unpredictability
PUBLISHED Jun 22, 2021
Sprawling over 200 acres of precambrian shield near Gravenhurst, ON, is an outdoor art gallery called the Tree Museum. It's hosted some 80...
Mother Mother's 'Inside' Is an Evergreen Pandemic Album
PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2021
Of all the 2000s rock bands to get huge on TikTok, who could have ever guessed that it would be Mother Mother? The Vancouver band released...
Lucy Dacus' Look to Her Past on 'Home Video' Heralds Her Bright Future
PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2021
There's no place like home. Though, for 26-year-old indie star Lucy Dacus, who shot to fame after the successes of both 2016's No Burden an...
Gong Gong Gong 工工工 Filter Their Psych Odysseys Through China's Ravenous Electronic Scene on 'Phantom Rhythm Remixed 幽靈節奏'
PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2021
Montréal-Beijing duo Gong Gong Gong 工工工 transcend geographical and musical borders with psychedelic rock odysseys through West African dese...
'Butterfly 3000' Is the Least King Gizzard-Sounding Record of Theirs Yet
PUBLISHED Jun 18, 2021
The first quarter of King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard's latest album, Butterfly 3000, sounds like you're looking through a technicolour kal...
Vancouver's Prado Is Ready for Her Close-Up on 'PRADO MONROE'
PUBLISHED Jun 18, 2021
Vancouver rapper and pop artist Prado has always been vocally resistant to people forcing her into their boxes or backseat. Her personality...
Anthesis, Cell Press, Greber and Botfly Try New Things on Their Four-Way Split Album
PUBLISHED Jun 18, 2021
Four very different heavy bands in Anthesis, Cell Press, Greber and Botfly have come together on a new split album. Even though each band h...