In one of the tenderly hilarious audio skits that punctuate Partner's debut, In Search of Lost Time, band member Josée Caron's dad, a PEI sc...

Though hints of Lana Del Rey's forthcoming album Lust for Life suggest the singer's signature sombreness may have run its course — "Lana Del...

For such a bold, impavid performer, Maylee Todd seems overtly aware that a sophomore album often means a sophomore slump. On Escapology, the...

Billy Bragg wants you to know he's a lover. On his new album, Tooth & Nail, the defiant practitioner of resistance put politics aside (and m...

When a fan on Twitter called Billy Bragg "the sherpa of heartbreak," the controversial-cum-contemplative songwriter took note and wrote a re...

It's been 17 years since Jagged Little Pill tempestuously stormed the Can-con heyday of Céline Dion, and roughly the same amount of time sin...

For Glen Hansard, Rhythm and Repose isn't just an album title: it's a philosophy. The Academy Award-winning singer-songwriter says that he's...

Glen Hansard has come a long way from busking on Dublin's busy Grafton Street (although he does return once a year for charity), but he's ne...

For those fans who make the wise choice to pick up the physical version of Joel Plaskett's new Scrappy Happiness album, they will be pleased...

Joel Plaskett is done second-guessing himself. The darling of Dartmouth's 2009 album, Three, was a boundless sprawl of 27 songs on three sep...

Like a lot of bands, the Elwins have been making their way to Austin, but they've been determined to acquire some new fans even before they...

Through artful ingenuity and a genuine effort to omit the ego other bands break their backs to appropriate, the Elwins have come out on top....

It would be en vogue to say Pop Montreal saved the best for last, especially because Born Gold's noisy, rambunctious church basement sweat-f...

Girls' lead singer Christopher Owens could teach a course on how to keep an audience engaged without ever having to acknowledge them. Withou...

For the second year in a row, Patrick Watson managed to transform the Ukrainian Federation into a place of worship, albeit to no religion in...

According to Karl Snyder, the philosophy of Kidstreet ― the band for whom he plays the drums ― is "try new things." This is the...

Toward the end of her very sweet set, Halifax singer Gianna Lauren joked that she should have done some drinking before she took the stage....

If rave culture is enjoying a second coming like the music blogs say it is, Toronto-based goth-wave 2.0 dance kids Trust have most definitel...

It takes a brave amount of guts to begin a show by yelping, grunting and occasionally straight-up roaring into the microphone, but said cour...

The moment CMW had been waiting for came a little late, but Indie Awards headliner Janelle Monáe had the audience mystified after taking the...