Articles by Luke-Julius Frenette
Wye Oak
Tween
PUBLISHED Aug 5, 2016
Wye Oak gained recognition for their heavy-eyed, seaport rock with the somnolent sounds of Civilian. With the release of their new record,...
Joshua Winstead
MMXX
PUBLISHED Jun 3, 2016
If Joshua Winstead appears as a related artist to Metric on streaming services, it's because of affiliation, not sound. On his debut solo a...
David Bazan
Blanco
PUBLISHED May 11, 2016
Over the last few years, rather than recording a full-length, traveling troubadour David Bazan casually released new songs on a seven-inch...
St. Lucia
Matter
PUBLISHED Feb 12, 2016
If trendiness is currency then Jean-Philip Grobler of New York's St. Lucia is filthy rich. With a wallet fattened by hot tips about what's...
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Alva Noto & Bryce Dessner
The Revenant: Original Music
PUBLISHED Jan 6, 2016
Much has been made about The Revenant's lengthy shooting process and extreme on-set conditions, but Leonardo DiCaprio isn't the only one wh...
Metric
Pagans in Vegas
PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2015
Metric wanted to give us their first collection of songs over a decade ago, but 2001's Grow Up And Blow Away, with its eccentric jams and c...
Middle Sister
Cries of the Wild
PUBLISHED Jul 24, 2015
Over the years, Windsor, Ontario has produced a line of great grass roots bands, artists who eagerly grasp beyond their local borders to em...
The Dead Ships
EP 1
PUBLISHED May 1, 2015
The word "indie" is a sweeping term that includes our local open-mic sweetheart and his or her favourite main-level band. It's lost its mea...