Articles by Mackenzie Herd

Toronto's Cool Waters Grooves in the Chilly Waves of Young Adulthood on Self-Titled Debut EP

PUBLISHED Jul 10, 2020

Cool Waters is a testament to what can be accomplished by an imaginative musician with a digital audio workstation, talent, patience and el...

MorMor

Some Place Else

PUBLISHED May 13, 2019

Toronto's Seth Nyquist, better known as MorMor, made a significant splash in 2018 with his indelible debut EP, Heaven's Only Wishful. It wo...

Birds of Bellwoods

Victoria

PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2018

There is a marked difference between Victoria and Birds of Bellwoods' previous work. With the addition of drums, electric guitars and auxil...

Connan Mockasin

Jassbusters

PUBLISHED Oct 10, 2018

Jassbusters is Connan Mockasin's third album and first since 2013's Caramel. The New Zealander's latest was recorded live at Studios Ferber...

Shakey Graves

Can't Wake Up

PUBLISHED May 4, 2018

If Shakey Graves' 2014 studio debut, And the War Came, turned the toe-tapping troubadour from cult figure to bona fide artist, then 2018's...

Lionlimb

Tape Recorder

PUBLISHED Feb 21, 2018

Since its founding in 2015, Bayonet Records has done a great job of signing distinct acts, and Lionlimb is no exception. On their 2016 debu...

Starcrawler

Starcrawler

PUBLISHED Feb 2, 2018

Starcrawler personify the vintage rock'n'roll dream: four high school friends working L.A, gigs and earning a record deal. It's a tale as o...

Kyle Craft

Full Circle Nightmare

PUBLISHED Jan 29, 2018

Louisiana-born, Portland, OR-based troubadour Kyle Craft's second album, Full Circle Nightmare, is an entertaining and tremendously freewhe...