Articles by Kyle Mullin

Royal Wood

Ever After the Farewell

PUBLISHED Apr 4, 2018

If you check your cynicism at the door and open your heart wide, Royal Wood will sweep you off your feet with his earnestly romantic Ever A...

Bishop Nehru

Elevators: Act I & II

PUBLISHED Mar 26, 2018

Bishop Nehru, Kaytranada, MF Doom — each beloved in their own right. So the prospect of them teaming together is enough to understandably g...

PRhyme's Royce 5'9" Explains His Revealing 'PRhyme 2' Collaboration with Rapsody

PUBLISHED Mar 20, 2018

Call it confessional rap — a cathartic style of spitting that makes famously rugged, veteran Detroit MC Royce 5'9" sound downright woke and...

PRhyme

PRhyme 2

PUBLISHED Mar 15, 2018

Sunflower seeds may not spring to mind when most of us think about compelling fodder for a rap song. And yet, Royce da 5′9″ not only makes...

Andrew W.K. Struggles, At Times, to Party Hard All the Time

PUBLISHED Mar 9, 2018

Partway through one of many eloquent statements about partying, positivity and music, Andrew W.K. interrupts himself. And from there, the g...

Joshua Hyslop

Echos

PUBLISHED Feb 23, 2018

The name of the song: "Stand Your Ground"; the singer's tone: not nearly as defiant or aggressive as its title implies.   Yes, like many of...

Beams

Teach Me to Love

PUBLISHED Feb 21, 2018

Alt-folk aficionados are sure to get a big kick out of Teach Me to Love, the latest from Toronto troupe Beams. But aside from the twangy ba...

Various

Putumayo Presents: African Café

PUBLISHED Feb 21, 2018

For many of us in The West, Rokia Traoré may be the most recognisable name featured on African Café, the latest compilation released by Put...