Articles by Jazz Monroe

Pop and Rock 2012: It's Getting Loud

PUBLISHED Dec 19, 2012

Separated by musical backgrounds and international borders, a phalanx of young bucks were united in 2012 by a common purpose: the hard and...

Slim Twig and U.S. Girls Open Up about Their Joint Label: Calico Corp.

PUBLISHED Nov 26, 2012

Since meeting through mutual friend Alex Zhang-Huntai (aka Dirty Beaches), there's been more than a wedding on the cards for Max Turnbull (...

Talk Normal

Sunshine

PUBLISHED Oct 24, 2012

It's not surprising that Talk Normal, esteemed purveyors of low-rent post-punk, have previously released a split seven-inch with Thurston M...

Frightened Rabbit

Mod Club, Toronto, ON, October 10

PUBLISHED Oct 11, 2012

There's something pathologically British to the art of spinning gallows humour out of abject misery, and Frightened Rabbit's Scott Hutchiso...

The XX

PUBLISHED Sep 25, 2012

Two years since shooting into indie royalty, the XX find themselves exiting adolescence in a hectic flurry of public interest. You might ex...

alt-J

An Awesome Wave

PUBLISHED Sep 18, 2012

"Are alt-J the new Radiohead?" asked Prefix mag earlier this month, in an article quoting a representative for gambling company Ladbrokes....

The xx

Coexist

PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2012

Two years since shooting into indie royalty, the XX find themselves exiting adolescence in a hectic flurry of public interest. You might ex...

The Helio Sequence

Negotiations

PUBLISHED Sep 11, 2012

For a band whose name alludes to the omni-glowing fiery thing at the heart of our solar system, the Helio Sequence make a dark and eerily c...