Articles by Jessica Lewis

Young Galaxy

Invisible Republic

PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2009

If anything, Invisible Republic is a place of relief and possibilities for Montreal dream pop group Young Galaxy. After splitting from popu...

Still Life Still

Girls Come Too

PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2009

Upon first listen, Still Life Still are full of infectious melodies and catchy, light guitar-laden hooks. And then, digging deeper, there l...

Jesse Matheson

Pleasure Pounds

PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2009

Jesse Matheson takes debut album Pleasure Pounds into "without a care" territory. Acting as the class clown who all the girls still swoon o...

The Humbugs

On the Up Side

PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2009

The fourth instalment since 2009 from this Minneapolis-based quintet has every track packed with sing-alongs fit for high school parties, a...

Exclusive: Young Galaxy Speak Out About Split from Arts & Crafts

PUBLISHED Aug 20, 2009

Montreal-based dream poppers Young Galaxy have been eerily quiet since the debut of their self-titled debut album in 2007. Now, with the re...

Fox Jaws

At Odds (Or, Exercises in Separation While United in the Fall)

PUBLISHED Aug 14, 2009

Releasing this record four months after they initially expected to must have been rough for Fox Jaws, but maybe it was for the best. This a...

Burn Planetarium

Burn Planetarium

PUBLISHED Aug 5, 2009

When it's possible to listen to a band that undeniably sound like others (in this case, Burn Planetarium find themselves saddling up to Bor...

Throw Me The Statue

Creaturesque

PUBLISHED Aug 4, 2009

Give indie cred where indie cred is due: this Seattle-based band, named after a mixtape, were created by Scott Reitherman and released thei...