Articles by Laura Stanley

Florist

If Blue Could Be Happiness

PUBLISHED Sep 25, 2017

Joan Didion's 2011 memoir Blue Nights is named after summer's extended twilight, when the sky turns to varying shades of blue. These blue n...

Kacy & Clayton Discuss Economy in Songwriting and Lessons Learned from Wilco for 'The Siren's Song'

PUBLISHED Aug 18, 2017

It feels easy to liken Kacy & Clayton's third record The Siren's Song to a collection of short stories. Steeped in folk and country traditi...

Kacy & Clayton

The Siren's Song

PUBLISHED Aug 16, 2017

On their third album, Saskatchewan band Kacy & Clayton are more confident than ever.   The Siren's Song developed out of Kacy Anderson and...

Slow Leaves

Enough About Me

PUBLISHED Aug 9, 2017

There's a definite warmth to Grant Davidson's latest record as Slow Leaves, Enough About Me. Davidson ponders life in the same gentle and h...

Alex Napping

Mise En Place

PUBLISHED May 3, 2017

There's a closeness to Alex Napping's sophomore album, Mise En Place. The record feels like a bottle episode of a TV show, where everything...

Wilsen

I Go Missing in My Sleep

PUBLISHED Apr 28, 2017

Dreams are weird. All you want out of sleep is to recharge, but too often, your brain decides to take you through a labyrinth of your fears...

Cataldo

Keepers

PUBLISHED Apr 26, 2017

The bubbly soft-pop of Eric Anderson's new album as Cataldo, Keepers, sounds like it grew up on '80s synth-pop and Born in the U.S.A. on ca...

Leif Vollebekk Let His Subconscious Be the Guide on 'Twin Solitude'

PUBLISHED Mar 3, 2017

After the release of his sophomore record, North Americana, in 2013, Leif Vollebekk was, in his own words, "a bit of a hustler." He toured...