Articles by Joseph Mathieu
Valery Vaughn
Valery Vaughn
PUBLISHED Jun 18, 2018
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?...
The Alchemist
Lunch Meat
PUBLISHED Apr 19, 2018
Prolific is one thing, varied is something completely different. Yet in both aspects, the Alchemist's cup runs over, having collected, over...
Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly and James McAlister
Planetarium
PUBLISHED Jun 7, 2017
Take three co-commissioning music halls from Belgium, Australia and the UK; add four acclaimed American songwriters, a string quartet, seve...
Kozmodrum
Gravity
PUBLISHED May 31, 2017
When a band known for jazz-fusion covers of deadmau5, J Dilla and Planetary Assault Systems make an album, expect something flavourful. K...
The Mountain Goats
Goths
PUBLISHED May 17, 2017
Peter Hughes, longtime bassist of the Mountain Goats, describes the goth identity as one "most often associated with youth from a perspecti...
Wale
Shine
PUBLISHED May 1, 2017
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...
Figure Walking
The Big Other
PUBLISHED Apr 28, 2017
What is it about Figure Walking that rattles bones? Why is The Big Other, full with plaintive power chords and yowling harmonies, so reassu...
Clark
Death Peak
PUBLISHED Apr 5, 2017
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 ever...
