Album Reviews

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  Elliot Maginot's 'Easy Morning' Is Shockingly Complex for an All-Acoustic Album

  PUBLISHED Jun 2, 2021

  Elliot Maginot continues to widen his horizons with Easy Morning, the Montreal singer-songwriter's most musically diverse and thorough reco...

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  Nadjiwan Harnesses the Cosmic Power of Prog Rock on 'Star Nation'

  PUBLISHED Jun 2, 2021

  Toronto-based musician Nadjiwan's latest album, Star Nation, tells a mighty tale of a journey from Earth to distant planets and back. It op...

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  Vancouver's IAMTHELIVING and Teon Gibbs Put a Soulful Spin on Heady Themes on 'JNGL'

  PUBLISHED Jun 2, 2021

  The streets of South London and the savannahs of Botswana couldn't be more different, but from these two distant places comes a unique and...

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  'Desperate Times' Call for Mighloe's Dreamlike R&B

  PUBLISHED Jun 2, 2021

  Desperate Times, the newest project by Toronto-based singer-songwriter Mighloe, drifts into spring like a chilly breeze on a warm day, equa...

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  Emissive's Malleable Beats Make 'Wave Science' Sound Equally Good in the Club or at Home

  PUBLISHED Jun 2, 2021

  Emissive (a.k.a. Evan Vincent) has been steadily climbing the rungs of Toronto's dance scene for a number of years, to the point where he's...

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  Alyson McNamara's 'Let Me Sleep' Makes for a Peaceful Dream

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2021

  Alyson McNamara is a singer-songwriter whose music could loosely be described as folk rock, but it hits more like shoegaze. The Toronto art...

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  Mach-Hommy Bursts Out of the Underground While Retaining His Mystery on 'Pray for Haiti'

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2021

  Previously shrouded in mystery and only known to underground hip-hop fans, rapper Mach-Hommy has enjoyed a coming-out party with the releas...

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  On 'Exodus,' DMX Finally Finds Meaning in His Suffering

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2021

  Though DMX fans are still mourning the death of the veteran rapper in April, they will surely take solace in his excellent new posthumous a...