Articles by Kyle Mullin

Jenn Grant

Paradise

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2017

Jenn Grant has earned a rep as one of Canada's most highly regarded folk pop artists, and she more than lives up to it on her new LP, Parad...

Beyries

Landing

PUBLISHED Feb 22, 2017

"I'm forced to let go," Beyries sings on "Son," but there's no trace of defeat in her voice. Instead, the dogged toughness in the Montreal...

Jonwayne

Rap Album Two

PUBLISHED Feb 17, 2017

A warning to those of you that typically skip over the skits on hip-hop LPs: Jonwayne's Rap Album Two deserves more patience. Any and all s...

Bill & Joel Plaskett

Solidarity

PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2017

Solidarity, the new collaborative LP between Joel Plaskett (arguably the East Coast's biggest-ever indie star) and his father Bill (who has...

Quelle Chris

Being You Is Great, I Wish I Could Be You More Often

PUBLISHED Feb 10, 2017

Though hip-hop is a genre built on boisterousness and braggadocio, Quelle Chris takes that ostentatiousness to hilarious new heights on his...

Tinariwen

Elwan

PUBLISHED Feb 8, 2017

Though Tinariwen's moniker translates to "deserts" in the Tamasheq tongue native to the band's members, there is nothing barren, arid or in...

Little Simz Goes Down the Rabbit Hole with 'Stillness in Wonderland'

PUBLISHED Feb 3, 2017

Down the rabbit hole she went, reaching for lyrical depths, digging up the roots of her insecurities to lay them bare for her listeners. Ye...

Little Simz

Stillness in Wonderland

PUBLISHED Dec 22, 2016

Little Simz is an anomaly, exuding humble vulnerability and steely confidence in the same breath. On her latest full-length, Stillness in W...