Articles by Laura Stanley

Trevor Sensor

Starved Nights of Saturday Stars

PUBLISHED Aug 5, 2016

Trevor Sensor doesn't water anything down; like the drinks that litter his songs, Sensor is always at full strength.   His latest release,...

​Hannah Georgas

Family Matters

PUBLISHED Jul 7, 2016

"The life I live is the only one I've got, so what's the point if I can't live it up?" asks Hannah Georgas on the luminous "Naked Beaches"...

Hannah Georgas Honours Family and Faces Fears on 'For Evelyn'

PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2016

On her latest record, For Evelyn, Hannah Georgas battles late-night anxieties, treats a breakup as a learning experience and resolves to se...

Hannah Georgas

For Evelyn

PUBLISHED Jun 22, 2016

When Hannah Georgas released her debut EP, The Beat Stuff, in 2008, her pop tendencies were subtle and washed by folk instrumentation. But...

Supermoon

Playland

PUBLISHED May 18, 2016

I've never been to the Vancouver amusement park Playland, but if it's like any other amusement park, I can imagine it. At first glance, its...

Yes We Mystic

Forgiver

PUBLISHED Apr 27, 2016

To forgive is to let go, to release the pain that came before and start anew.   At the heart of Yes We Mystic's debut LP, Forgiver, is abso...

Free Cake For Every Creature

Talking Quietly of Anything With You

PUBLISHED Apr 22, 2016

Thanks to the portability of modern recording equipment and people's desire to be part of something intimate, bedroom pop is a bona fide tr...

Oh Geronimo

Sleep Rhythms

PUBLISHED Mar 21, 2016

"We all grow used to almost anything in time so I'll set out before I start to feel resigned," sings Oh Geronimo's Ciarán Downes to open th...