Articles by Laura Stanley

Wild Pink

Wild Pink

PUBLISHED Feb 22, 2017

In contrast to the vivid hue of their name, Wild Pink's self-titled album keeps to a muted sonic palette. Lead singer John Ross's voice, ho...

Leif Vollebekk

Twin Solitude

PUBLISHED Feb 22, 2017

In Hugh MacLennan's novel Two Solitudes, his titular phrase refers to the relationship between English-speaking and French-speaking Canada;...

Fraser Teeple

Hired Saw

PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2017

A lot of musicians have a side job that inspires songs. Usually we hear about the mundaneness of a crappy side-gig, but that's not the case...

"We Are Going to Be the Change": Nunavut Band the Jerry Cans Bring Hope and Inuk Perspective to 'Inuusiq/Life'

PUBLISHED Nov 9, 2016

The Jerry Cans are proud residents of Iqaluit, the young and rapidly changing capital city of Nunavut — all their albums, including their l...

The Jerry Cans

Inuusiq/Life

PUBLISHED Nov 4, 2016

Like the previous albums (Nunavuttitut and Aakuluk) from Iqaluit band the Jerry Cans, Inuusiq/Life centres on life in the arctic. On the ro...

Dan Edmonds

Ladies on the Corner

PUBLISHED Oct 5, 2016

The world from which Dan Edmonds' Ladies on the Corner hails is not our own. A former Harlan Pepper, Edmonds' psychedelically spun country...

Snowblink

Returning Current

PUBLISHED Sep 7, 2016

Snowblink are purveyors of tranquility. The last two albums from the Toronto/L.A. duo Daniela Gesundheit and Dan Goldman, 2008's Long Live...

Lisa Hannigan

At Swim

PUBLISHED Aug 17, 2016

Over the course of her three studio albums, Lisa Hannigan has deepened her folk sound. Her debut, Sea Sew (2008), was primarily a stripped-...