No stranger to Canadian parties, Las Vegas-based Stubbs serves a lukewarm live mix here. Things get off to a great start with a mix of "Plut...

In a world where entire factories are devoted to pressing trance compilations, this collection by Los Angeles DJ Zee separates itself from t...

Earp's last effort, '99s Hey Action EP, was an engaging disc that largely kept itself confined to the limitations of the college rock genre....

Foundation is essentially Virginian Robbie Huddleston, formerly of punk group Ann Beretta. On this disc, Huddleston leaves blood, sweat and...

The Pink Floyd-esque cover of Bury The Hatchet features a giant eyeball satellite hovering omnipotently above a naked man. It sums up the Cr...

Stephanie Earp is a young singer/songwriter who has recently returned to her native Toronto after spending time in Boston, at the Berklee Co...

In what must be a testimony to her talent and charm, Jennifer Foster has managed to recruit a whole slew of talented Canadian musicians to h...

I haven’t heard hide nor hair of the band since their 1994 release Flippin’ Out (evidently they released an indie EP in 1997). A...

This is another very fine release from Cropduster, a label formed by artists for artists. Julia Greenberg doesn’t come to this collect...

Seeing “spoken word” in the press release for this album made me a little hesitant — when I see that term I half expect na...

Bloodshot Records, purveyors of all things country from trad to alt, bring us this appropriately named band from Kansas City, Missouri. If y...

Love Cursed is not an exceptional album, although it is pretty good, but the elements are there for an old-fashioned, sweaty, bourbon-soaked...

Owsley’s album cover features him doing a scissors kick with his guitar in front of some badly peeling ‘70s wallpaper. This is t...

Judging by the press release, Vitesse are more of a project than a continuing entity. The group’s sound is created by Hewson Chen, Jos...

Steven Fogel is a new artist from Toronto who plays spirited rock and roll tinged with country and folk. Refreshingly, Fogel doesn’t a...

Parasol brings us another fine example of pop tunesmithery; Promising Boyfriend showcases a young songwriter equally adept at stripped down...

Birdy is a five-piece NYC rock outfit fronted by one Stephanie Seymour (no, not the supermodel). Their debut, produced by ex-dB’s Gene...

Original Goo Good Dolls drummer George Tutuska may have missed the gravy train, but he is alive and well and still living in the Queen City....

Adding to the spate of recently released Los Lobos side projects (Latin Playboys, Los Super Seven), perpetually dark-shaded guitarist Cesar...

Admittedly ignorant of the Pencilnecks, I accessed their web site (www.pencilnecks.com) and was heartened to learn that you don’t have...