Articles by Cole Firth

Tombs Prepare For the Apocalypse on 'The Grand Annihilation'

PUBLISHED Jun 19, 2017

Mike Hill has been the principal songwriter, vocalist and bandleader of New York sludge metal outfit Tombs for the last decade, making ambi...

Tombs

The Grand Annihilation

PUBLISHED Jun 16, 2017

You can't tell just by listening to it, but The Grand Annihilation is the most independent record Mike Hill has made under the Tombs monike...

Palm

Shadow Expert

PUBLISHED Jun 16, 2017

Sometime around the release of their acclaimed Trading Basics LP in 2015, Hudson NY four-piece Palm realized they were a pop band in disgui...

TOPS

Sugar at the Gate

PUBLISHED May 31, 2017

Montreal's TOPS sound like they're ready for a club remix. This isn't to say that their decision to record their new album, Sugar at the Ga...

​Do Make Say Think

Hope in Major Keys

PUBLISHED May 30, 2017

Over the course of two decades and six stellar albums, Toronto-based post-rockers Do Make Say Think have quietly ascended from the basement...

Do Make Say Think Explain the Relationships — to Time, Environment and Technology — That Inform 'Stubborn Persistent Illusions'

PUBLISHED May 25, 2017

Post-rock demands patience and careful collaboration. No one knows this better than Toronto's Do Make Say Think, who have been playing lush...

Illustrations

Acts of God

PUBLISHED May 24, 2017

Not many young metal bands have the audacity to cite the Cocteau Twins as a major influence. Perhaps this is why it's so rare to find a rec...

Cende

#1 Hit Single

PUBLISHED May 24, 2017

Cende play punchy, unassuming power pop. Their debut LP, #1 Hit Single, retains much of the spry energy that drove their earlier work but p...