Articles by Kyle Mullin

Cityreal

Prologue

PUBLISHED Mar 31, 2015

Prologue, the new EP released by Vancouver rapper Cityreal, begins with faint drum taps that sound like a heart murmur. That haunting sonic...

Ron Sexsmith

Carousel One

PUBLISHED Mar 30, 2015

Ron Sexsmith isn't exactly known for his sunny disposition. The pouty-faced, St. Catharines, Ontario-born troubadour left critics and fello...

Rapper Big Pooh

Words Paint Pictures

PUBLISHED Mar 25, 2015

The ghosts of Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin and countless other wrongfully slain African Americans loom large on Words Paint P...

God Made Me Funky

Funky Fly 'N Free

PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2015

God Made Me Funky's latest LP is simultaneously vintage and futuristic, as if the Toronto troop soundtracked a deliberately cheesy '80s sci...

Christina Martin

It'll Be Alright

PUBLISHED Mar 4, 2015

Christina Martin may reside on the East Coast, but you'll swear she was raised on E Street after listening to her new LP. That's because It...

3:33

White Room

PUBLISHED Mar 4, 2015

3:33's White Room begins with a reverberating, low-pitched whine that's surely meant to be menacing; after all, the noise act's Bandcamp pa...

Beans On Toast

The Grand Scheme of Things

PUBLISHED Mar 3, 2015

On The Grand Scheme of Things, British folk-punk Jay McAllister both transcends and falls prey to his genre's biggest clichés. His sixth LP...

Cannibal Ox Talk Their Return to Form on 'Blade of the Ronin'

PUBLISHED Mar 2, 2015

From the ironclad lyrics to the bulletproof beats, Cannibal Ox sounded invincible on their 2001 debut LP, The Cold Vein. But the New York d...