Anniversary
Victory Pool Records Reflects on Five Years of Sonic Adventures and Being "Good with Spreadsheets"
PUBLISHED Mar 18, 2025
After five years, Victory Pool has fully come into its own.Formed just before the pandemic, the Toronto-based label launched its first...
'Apologies to the Queen Mary' Turns 20: Wolf Parade on Disliking the Beatles and Pissing Off Isaac Brock
PUBLISHED Mar 11, 2025
On September 27, 2005, Wolf Parade released 'Apologies to the Queen Mary,' an album steeped in gorgeous abrasion and awful beauty. It howls...
Toronto Label We Are Busy Bodies Reflects on 20 Years of Breaking Down Boundaries
PUBLISHED Mar 10, 2025
Vinyl infused with Doritos, X-rays that can be played on a turntable, and even a sandwich — these are just a few of the bizarre formats...
Owen Pallett Reflects on 20 Years of Final Fantasy's 'Has a Good Home,' Their Most "Unabashedly Pretty" Work
PUBLISHED Feb 12, 2025
The mid-'00s were the halcyon days of indie rock, when seemingly no instrumental idea was considered too over-the-top: it was a time when...
Torquil Campbell Reflects on 20 Years of 'Set Yourself on Fire' and "How Obsessed We Were with Sex"
PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2024
On September 14, 2004 a Montreal indie rock collective released a bombastic, ambitious, era-defining orchestral opus, full of open-hearted...
k-os Celebrates the "Eureka Moment" of 'Joyful Rebellion' as Sophomore LP Turns 20
PUBLISHED Aug 13, 2024
k-os's second album was never supposed to happen. Despite having had some early success, Kevin Brereton named his 2002 debut album Exit, an...
The Organ Recall the "Precarious Situation" of 'Grab That Gun' While Celebrating 20th-Anniversary Reissue
PUBLISHED Jul 23, 2024
Even devoted fans of the Organ might not have noticed that the eerie aughts post-punks had reissued their first and only full-length...
A.C. Newman's 'The Slow Wonder' Turns 20: The Understated Masterpiece of the Canadian Indie Boom
PUBLISHED Jun 6, 2024
In the aughts, the Canadian indie world abounded with maximalist collectives: Broken Social Scene in Toronto, Arcade Fire in Montreal...
