Articles by Kyle Mullin

Mick Jenkins

The Circus

PUBLISHED Jan 10, 2020

To hear Mick Jenkins' new EP is to witness a once promisingly flawed artist finally come into his own. Over The Circus's seven tracks, the...

Anyway Gang Showcase CanRock Camaraderie on Self-Titled Debut

PUBLISHED Dec 2, 2019

Combining the talents of some of Canada's biggest rock stars — Sam Roberts, Chris Murphy of Sloan, Dave Monks from Tokyo Police Club and Ho...

Anyway Gang

Anyway Gang

PUBLISHED Nov 27, 2019

Sloan were Canadian legends throughout their '90s heyday. Sam Roberts reigned supreme over mid-2000s airwaves. But it's arguably the glossy...

Bonnie "Prince" Billy

I Made a Place

PUBLISHED Nov 15, 2019

What instruments spring to mind at the mention of "alt-folk?" Acoustic guitars? Banjos? Fiddles?   If bawdy, blissful brass wasn't your fir...

Jerry Leger

Time Out for Tomorrow

PUBLISHED Nov 12, 2019

"Playing dominos in the general store / Ain't nobody playing them games no more" sings Jerry Leger plaintively, as fiddle notes all but wee...

The Avett Brothers

Closer Than Together

PUBLISHED Oct 7, 2019

Oh bless Seth and Scott Avett — at least their hearts are in the right place. The well-meaning alt-folk siblings pull out all the stops on...

Sturgill Simpson

Sound & Fury

PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2019

Some touring musicians like to call themselves road warriors, but Sturgill Simpson takes that term to Mad Max extremes on Sound & Fury, the...

Skyzoo and Pete Rock

Retropolitan

PUBLISHED Sep 25, 2019

"Heavy is the crown, but love the way fit on," Skyzoo spits on the chorus of "Carry the Tradition," making bearing that weight sound less l...