Articles by Kyle Mullin

Young Fathers

Pop Politics

PUBLISHED May 11, 2015

Young Fathers may appear to be courting controversy by naming their sophomore album White Men Are Black Men Too. But Alloysious Massaquoi i...

Patrick Watson

Love Songs for Robots

PUBLISHED May 11, 2015

Patrick Watson has created a vast sonic panorama on Love Songs For Robots, the fifth studio album released by the band that shares its foun...

The Soul Motivators

Building Future Legacies

PUBLISHED May 11, 2015

The Soul Motivators are a nine-piece band funk and soul band that focus on creating late '60s sounds on Free to Believe, their first full-l...

The Soul Motivators

Free to Believe

PUBLISHED May 6, 2015

The Soul Motivators are a nine-piece Torontonian soul-funk troop that play as a seamless unit. And every member of that stacked roster has...

The River and the Road

Headlights

PUBLISHED May 1, 2015

"Coulee" is as rootsy and sparse as the winter forest that its lyrics depict, making it a standout track on Headlights, the latest release...

Socalled

Peoplewatching

PUBLISHED Apr 28, 2015

Consider this hip-hop's answer to Mordecai Richler. The late author, renowned for penning vivid Montreal settings and evocatively Jewish th...

Raekwon

Fly International Luxurious Art

PUBLISHED Apr 28, 2015

Raekwon may have dubbed his sixth studio album Fly International Luxurious Art, but that title doesn't fit the LP's shoddy production. Trac...

Great Lake Swimmers Discuss the Cavernous Journey to 'A Forest of Arms'

PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2015

Tony Dekker was surrounded by darkness, and his voice echoed into those endlessly inky depths, but the Great Lake Swimmers' frontman was un...