Articles by Daniel Sylvester

Jon Langford

Four Lost Souls

PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2017

For many musicians, it's a dream to record in the famed Shoals region with members of the legendary Muscle Shoals recording crew. But Jon L...

Eric Copeland

Goofballs

PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2017

Since Black Dice released their last LP, 2012's Mr. Impossible, Eric Copeland, one third of the New York experimentalists, has released a s...

Tricky

Ununiform

PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2017

Since the release of his last LP, 2014's Adrian Thaws, Tricky has lived his life abroad, writing his latest album, Ununiform, in Moscow bef...

Gilbert Gottfried

Yuk Yuk's, Ottawa ON, September 14

PUBLISHED Sep 15, 2017

Returning for the first time since his popular run of shows in 2015, Gilbert Gottfried helped pack Yuk Yuk's Ottawa with a raucous and eage...

Antibalas

Where the Gods Are in Peace

PUBLISHED Sep 13, 2017

In the five years since Antibalas released their last album (2012's self-titled affair), the Afrobeat collective have seen a significant nu...

Antibalas Avoid Trump to Make Timeless Political Points

PUBLISHED Sep 13, 2017

Anyone familiar with Afrobeat knows that politics play a major role in the West African musical style. So it seems obvious that Afrobeat re...

Sparks

Hippopotamus

PUBLISHED Sep 12, 2017

Since their inception over 45 years ago, Sparks have always seemed more like an art project more than a proper band. And like any reputable...

Neil Young

Hitchhiker

PUBLISHED Sep 6, 2017

Although Hitchhiker isn't Neil Young's first abandoned album to be unearthed later, it's certainly his most realized — impressive, given th...