Articles by Brad Garcia

Sigrid

Sucker Punch

PUBLISHED Feb 28, 2019

When you've already garnered international acclaim and indisputable commercial success before the release of your debut album, the expectat...

Yves Jarvis

The Same But By Different Means

PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2019

Intimate, isolating, scattered and collected. These contradictions shape the experimental world that Yves Jarvis calmly inhabits and confid...

Meet Tallies, Toronto's New Shoegaze Maestros

PUBLISHED Jan 31, 2019

At the centre of Tallies, the Ontario band that just released their debut self-titled record on Hand Drawn Dracula, are Sarah Cogan and Dyl...

Rat Boy

Internationally Unknown

PUBLISHED Jan 22, 2019

Indie music often lends itself to the ironic quirks of cool kid culture. If you're not in on the joke, it all seems a little hard to follow...

Tallies

Tallies

PUBLISHED Jan 9, 2019

Let's face it, nostalgia is a safe bet.   Reproducing sounds from the past tickles our memories, but somewhere in the past few years, nosta...

J Mascis

Elastic Days

PUBLISHED Nov 7, 2018

Praised for continuously feeding the fix of feedback-crazed fans, Jazzmaster aficionado J Mascis has returned with a gentler offering — one...

Laura Jane Grace & the Devouring Mothers

Bought to Rot

PUBLISHED Nov 7, 2018

There's always been an anthemic quality to the way Laura Jane Grace sings about not giving a fuck. Whether it's been political protest or c...

Saves the Day

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PUBLISHED Oct 24, 2018

They may not have invented the genre, but few bands have been as influential in solidifying an identity for emo and pop punk as Saves the D...