reviews
Crown Lands Craft Gloriously Epic Retro Rock on 'White Buffalo'
PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2021
Crown Lands are really going for it. Formed in 2016, the Oshawa-based rock 'n' roll duo dutifully built up their profile with three EPs whi...
Sofa's 'Source Crossfire' Retrospective Unearths Foundational Canadian Post-Punk
PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2021
Though Sofa bear the distinction of creating the first two releases to launch Constellation Records, the band's five-year run was as incand...
'Last Night in Soho' Muddles Its Great Idea
Directed by Edgar Wright
PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2021
It feels like, the more technological we get, the more nostalgic we become for a simpler time. Add in some deliciously retro music and fash...
'The Forgiven' Is an Unforgivable Waste of Time
Directed by John Michael McDonagh
PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2021
John Michael McDonagh's The Forgiven follows David (Ralph Fiennes) and Jo (Jessica Chastain), a stereotypical rich couple consisting of an...
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones Stay True to Themselves on 'When God Was Great'
PUBLISHED Sep 15, 2021
Ska, if you haven't heard, is having a moment. After two decades as the butt of many, many jokes, the genre unexpectedly found itself on a...
J Balvin Recaptures the Reggaetón Crown on 'JOSE'
PUBLISHED Sep 15, 2021
After years at the top of the Latin music world, J Balvin has become a globally recognised name, collaborating with the likes of Beyoncé, C...
Moor Mother's 'Black Encyclopedia of the Air' Is a Perfect Storm of Mood and Music
PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2021
In late 2020, Camae Ayewa (a.k.a. Moor Mother) released BRASS with the supremely underappreciated rapper Billy Woods, initiating a move fro...
Bob Dylan's 'Springtime in New York' Reclaims His Most Written-Off Period
PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2021
From a creative era that even Bob Dylan himself has suggested was fraught with self-doubt and a sense that all mastery of his craft was los...