Articles by Chris Bryson
Yoo Doo Right Find Transcendence Through Repetition on 'A Murmur, Boundless to the East'
PUBLISHED Jun 9, 2022
They favour arena-intended equipment from the 1970s for quality and sheer volume. Their live shows can reach eyeball-rattling decibel level...
Kelly Lee Owens's Voice Cuts Through the Commotion on 'LP.8'
PUBLISHED Apr 28, 2022
"This is an emergency. This is a wake-up call," Kelly Lee Owens declares calmly on LP.8 over harsh industrial noise amid frantic, phantasma...
Blood Incantation Space Out on 'Timewave Zero'
PUBLISHED Feb 23, 2022
On their first two full-lengths, Blood Incantation crafted cosmic death metal that launched them to the exosphere. Their journey — on the f...
Jean-Michel Blais Crafts Lush, Life-Affirming Compositions on 'aubades'
PUBLISHED Feb 2, 2022
For Jean-Michel Blais, aubades is a rebirth. From its opening notes, its whisks listeners away. On the new album from the esteemed post-cla...
Jon Hopkins' 'Music for Psychedelic Therapy' Is a Trip
PUBLISHED Nov 10, 2021
The Tayos Caves of Ecuador are steeped in myth and history. Its landscape draws many seeking a special connection to its unique, natural wo...
Full of Hell's 'Garden of Burning Apparitions' is a Glorious Whirlwind of Extreme Music
PUBLISHED Sep 29, 2021
Often the best extreme music — and perhaps much of the best art — comes from broken-down emotions, those fashioned from fear, pain, chaos,...
Deafheaven Tone Down the Metal but Still Hit Hard on 'Infinite Granite'
PUBLISHED Aug 16, 2021
Deafheaven have never been a band to shy away from their artistic vision. Their landmark sophomore LP, Sunbather, melded black metal's fury...
Winnipeg's Caid Jones Embarks on a Triumphant Journey with 'No Distractions Please'
PUBLISHED Jun 24, 2021
Caid Jones is one of Winnipeg's rising young rappers, so it probably surprised some when, before his debut EP No Distractions Please had ev...