Who or what is Valery Vaughn? A new beer? An apprentice witch? Vincent Huard doesn't seem certain as he sings on the opening "C'est Qui Ça?"...

Prolific is one thing, varied is something completely different. Yet in both aspects, the Alchemist's cup runs over, having collected, over...

Take three co-commissioning music halls from Belgium, Australia and the UK; add four acclaimed American songwriters, a string quartet, seven...

When a band known for jazz-fusion covers of deadmau5, J Dilla and Planetary Assault Systems make an album, expect something flavourful.  ...

Peter Hughes, longtime bassist of the Mountain Goats, describes the goth identity as one "most often associated with youth from a perspectiv...

Shine season, a long-awaited period of joy, is upon us. This fifth commercial album from DC rapper-writer Wale delivers on bangers and good...

What is it about Figure Walking that rattles bones? Why is The Big Other, full with plaintive power chords and yowling harmonies, so reassur...

There's a lovable yin and yang to Chris Clark's sonic din, a mashup of lament and lullaby. The lurking chaos on Death Peak, and indeed every...

Though he's known best for his Magical Mistakes project, American ex-pat Erik Luebs has released his new Wasteland EP under his own name, on...

At Midnight, Dunmore Park's debut EP for Substation Records, features four tracks chock full of energy, but it's anything but a first appear...

Since 2010, Her Harbour has changed from band to solo act several times, but it's always reflected Gabrielle Giguere's unearthly lo-fi folk...

Indie and Italian, Beat Machine Records has released an impressive array of electronica in just four years. Building on a catalogue of mixta...

Commander Chris Hadfield put out a call, and Danny Michel snapped to, boarding the Kapitan Khlebnikov for an 18-day odyssey through the Arct...

When flames die down, embers remain, orange gems both hopeful and dangerous. Often, their glow promises to keep you warm; sometimes, though,...

If "bloody," "urgent," "enraged" and "heartening" were enough description to sum up El-P and Killer Mike's latest Run the Jewels album, this...

The Pack A.D.'s latest album Positive Thinking is a policy statement in the face of danger: just carry on! Even in today's mad world, it's b...

The Pack A.D.'s sixth LP, Positive Thinking, will keep heads bobbing and bodies slamming despite both Maya Miller and Becky Black describing...

In the last few years, Oxford, UK act TTNG have trimmed their members from four to three and their name from an ironic but distasteful This...

"Love and mercy, that's what you need tonight," sang Brian Wilson on the closing night of the Ottawa Jazz Festival (July 3). "So, love and m...

Wynton Marsalis, the distinguished New Orleans-born trumpeter and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, was master of ceremonies in C...