Articles by David Dacks

Yamantaka // Sonic Titan Talk New Album

PUBLISHED Nov 29, 2012

Montreal/Toronto "Noh-wave" storm-bringers Yamantaka // Sonic Titan have had a hell of a year. They emerged seemingly from nowhere to captu...

Bomba Estereo

PUBLISHED Nov 29, 2012

The title is apt. On Bomba Estereo's long awaited second album, they might have been expected to deliver a dozen blazing variations on "Fue...

Bomba Estereo

Eleganza Tropical

PUBLISHED Nov 27, 2012

The title is apt. On Bomba Estereo's long awaited second album, they might have been expected to deliver a dozen blazing variations on "Fue...

Yamantaka//Sonic Titan

PUBLISHED Nov 26, 2012

Psychedelic, theatrically-inclined "Noh-wave" purveyors Yamantaka//Sonic Titan could never be described as anonymous, but their semi-detach...

Beres Hammond

One Love One Life

PUBLISHED Nov 13, 2012

Beres Hammond has enjoyed a lengthy career as Jamaica's greybeard crooner of choice. At this point though, having perfected the classy, mat...

Mala

PUBLISHED Oct 9, 2012

To listen to Mala In Cuba with the knowledge that it's the product of one of the godfathers of dubstep is to realize how the genre has chan...

Ratchet Orchestra

Hemlock

PUBLISHED Oct 9, 2012

If you make music in Montreal, there's a good chance you know one of the 30-odd members of this behemoth, irregularly convened by Nicolas C...

Bernard Adamus

PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2012

Bernard Adamus came out of left field four years ago to become one of Montreal's most offbeat and beloved singer-songwriters. He's no produ...