Anniversary

Hollerado Remember the "Romantic Time" of 'White Paint' 10 Years Later
PUBLISHED Feb 24, 2023
A decade ago, it seemed like every few months brought a wild announcement from indie rockers Hollerado — a quarter-million dollar victory i...
Black Mountain's "Riff-Hungry" Psych Rock Epic 'In the Future' Turns 15
PUBLISHED Jan 20, 2023
In the mid-aughts, Vancouver was home to some buzzing indie bands like the New Pornographers and Destroyer, and respected metal bands like...
Art d'Ecco on the 50th Anniversary of 'Transformer': "I Often Wonder, 'What Would Lou Reed Do?'"
PUBLISHED Nov 11, 2022
Had things gone a little differently, modern music listeners might have never heard of Lou Reed. The Velvet Underground were famously comme...
Hot Hot Heat on the 20th Anniversary of 'Make Up the Breakdown' and Its Era-Defining New Wave Revival
PUBLISHED Oct 11, 2022
In 2002, Brooklyn was ground zero for a budding post-punk revival movement that was just starting to hit the mainstream. Meanwhile, on the...
'Aja' at 45: How the Darcys' Tribute Album Put Them a Decade Ahead of the Steely Dan Revival
PUBLISHED Oct 7, 2022
Following last month's news that Steely Dan's studio catalogue would be treated to new audiophile-grade vinyl and CD reissues, the question...
Sloan on the 30th Anniversary of 'Smeared': Copying MBV, Halifax's Nascent Scene and Still Going Steady
PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2022
Sloan have spent three decades as one of Canada's most reliable purveyors of classic power pop — but they got their start on a very differe...
'A Farewell to Kings' at 45: Crown Lands Talk the Influence of Rush's Sonic Scale-Up
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2022
Like any students worth their salt in the school of rock, Cody Bowles and Kevin Comeau of Ontario duo Crown Lands have studied the liner no...
'Hope in Dirt City' Turns 10: Cadence Weapon Reflects on His "Steely Dan Album"
PUBLISHED May 30, 2022
Writing about his third studio release as Cadence Weapon in 2022 memoir Bedroom Rapper, out May 31 via McClelland & Stewart, Rollie Pem...