Articles by Laura Stanley

Valley Maker

Rhododendron

PUBLISHED Oct 11, 2018

Throughout Valley Maker's Rhododendron, Austin Crane, who is currently pursuing a PhD in Human Geography, maintains a focused effort to par...

Safia Nolin Shows That Heartbreak Transcends Language on 'Dans le noir'

PUBLISHED Oct 3, 2018

Safia Nolin's Dans le noir is, fittingly, a sombre folk recording. On this followup to her 2015 debut album Limoilou, and Reprises Vol. 1,...

Safia Nolin

Dans le noir

PUBLISHED Oct 2, 2018

The world is in a pretty dismal state right now. While some are combating it by writing upbeat songs with messages of hope, Montreal-based...

Mountain Man

Magic Ship

PUBLISHED Sep 19, 2018

Mountain Man's hushed music makes you sit still and listen. That's a pretty powerful reaction, considering the plethora of distractions at...

Rae Spoon

bodiesofwater

PUBLISHED Sep 6, 2018

In response to the chaotic world, Rae Spoon accentuates hope on their ninth record, bodiesofwater. Spoon's album is a concept record of sor...

​The World's Burning, and Rae Spoon's 'bodiesofwater' Aims to Put Out the Fire

PUBLISHED Aug 31, 2018

The world is on fire — literally and figuratively. We witness it every day, both in the breakdown of the Earth's climate that's making cond...

Conner Youngblood's 'Cheyenne' Explores the Whole World, But Sometimes Just in His Head

PUBLISHED Aug 20, 2018

Conner Youngblood is an explorer. His debut full-length, Cheyenne, was written over a two-year span when Youngblood did a lot of traveling....

Conner Youngblood

Cheyenne

PUBLISHED Aug 15, 2018

There are a lot of quotes about adventure — the ones you see on wall art and coasters — that feel relevant when characterizing Conner Young...