Articles by Paul Blinov

Motorbike James Expresses Existential Wonder Through Well-Honed Songcraft on 'VIISIONS'

PUBLISHED Apr 8, 2021

The cover of Motorbike James' VIISIONS features a chrome-suited astronaut peering through a window, an image that certainly resonates after...

Land of Talk Find Peace and Quiet Amid 'Indistinct Conversations'

PUBLISHED Jul 28, 2020

Scattered across Land of Talk's fourth album are interest-piquing fragments of chitchat. You can pick out "Fuck you, Debbie," or "When the...

Man Man Let Their Freak-Rock Flag Fly on 'Dream Hunting in the Valley of the In-Between'

PUBLISHED Apr 30, 2020

On their first release since 2013, LA's Man Man offer a sprawling oasis of orchestral freak-rock. Over 17 tracks and 50 minutes, Dream Hunt...

Jenny Hval

The Practice of Love

PUBLISHED Sep 12, 2019

Jenny Hval has never shied away from sparring with dogma. Unpacking it is her forte: over six albums, the Norwegian songwriter has rooted h...

Jom Comyn

Crawl

PUBLISHED Sep 5, 2019

Jom Comyn's music conjures the sensation of weathering a storm. For almost a decade, his albums have passed through sounds like shifting se...

Bruce Springsteen

Western Stars

PUBLISHED Jun 12, 2019

Is there any element of Bruce Springsteen's mythology more important than the road? New Jersey, maybe, but being born to run inevitably mea...

Rich Aucoin

Release

PUBLISHED May 15, 2019

Rich Aucoin has never been afraid to go big. Whether in lyrical content or musical scope, it might be the very scale of the Halifax-based m...

​Rich Aucoin's 'Release' Was Almost Titled 'Death'

PUBLISHED May 14, 2019

The colour-blasted skull that stares out from the cover of Rich Aucoin's new album, Release, is his own.   The Halifax-based musician had a...