Year In Review

Best Punk Album

Year in Review 2003

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

1. Turbonegro Scandinavian Leather (Epitaph)Back after a bad break-up, Turbonegro's first new album in four years has transformed them into...

Best Hip-Hop Album

Year in Review 2003

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

1. Viktor Vaughn Vaudeville Villain (Sound-Ink)Underground mystery MF Doom, formerly of KMD, emerged in two alternate guises this year — a...

Best Electronic Album

Year in Review 2003

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

1. Manitoba Up In Flames (Domino)During a year when electronic music lay in hospital suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome (or was it rep...

Soft Revolution is in the Stars

Year in Review 2003

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

They made an album of pure pop perfection with lush backdrops, tales of mended hearts and oooey-gooey unrequited love. Stars' Heart is #18...

Björk Starts the Fire

Year in Review 2003

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Parc Jean Drapeau, Montreal, August 28Toronto Island, Toronto, September 2There was no orchestra or choir in tow to worry about. There wasn...

June Carter and Johnny Cash Fade To Black

Year in Review 2003

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

We knew it had to happen, but something told me the first time I listened to American IV: The Man Comes Around, that this would be Johnny C...

Inside Madlib's Bomb Shelter

Year in Review 2003

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Madlib's wildly eclectic output in the last year has traversed hip-hop, jazz, reggae, broken beat, and several alter egos. A restless creat...

The Year In Review - 2003

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

The year's best offerings in pop and rock, punk, electronic, hip-hop, country and metal are joined by essays on Canada's new romantics, the...