Album Reviews

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  Alex Cameron Confronts Addiction with Care on 'Oxy Music'

  PUBLISHED Mar 10, 2022

  Australian-born Alex Cameron is best described as music's answer to Danny McBride. Cameron is as much a fiction author as he is a singer, a...

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  Kanye West's 'Donda 2' Isn't Finished Yet — but It Might Not Be Fixable

  PUBLISHED Mar 8, 2022

  In a world where fans have waited nearly five years for a follow-up to Kendrick Lamar's Pulitzer Prize-winning DAMN. or close to two decade...

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  Vancouver Underground Heroes Apollo Ghosts Go Widescreen on 'Pink Tiger'

  PUBLISHED Mar 8, 2022

  Apollo Ghosts have long been the beating heart of independent music in Vancouver. Since forming in 2008, they've become renowned for their...

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  Vein.fm Hone Their Melodic Might on 'This World Is Going to Ruin You'

  PUBLISHED Mar 4, 2022

  Sophomore albums are never a pleasant process. Vein.fm's debut, Errorzone, was so well-received by the hardcore community (even topping Exc...

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  Thus Owls' 'Who Would Hold You If The Sky Betrayed Us?' Soars on Woodwind Wings

  PUBLISHED Mar 3, 2022

  Thus Owls are a rare gem in the Montreal music scene, one that keeps making music according to their own terms. This statement rings especi...

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  Scott Hardware Upgrades His Compositional Mind with 'Ballad of a Tryhard'

  PUBLISHED Mar 3, 2022

  Scott Hardware's third full-length, Ballad of a Tryhard, is the Toronto artist's most sprawling, beautiful album yet. On 2016's Mutate Repe...

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  ​Nilüfer Yanya Finds Colour Amidst the Greys on 'PAINLESS'

  PUBLISHED Mar 2, 2022

  In his posthumously released 1996 children's book My Many Coloured Days, Dr. Seuss wrote that, on bright blue days he flapped his wings; on...

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  Maylee Todd's 'Maloo' Is a Path to a Brighter Future

  PUBLISHED Mar 2, 2022

  Throughout her career, Maylee Todd has delivered her outsider-pop quirks with heavy dose of whimsy, evident as early as her 2010 debut Choo...