Articles by Rachel Sanders

Rachelle van Zanten

Where Your Garden Grows

PUBLISHED Jul 16, 2009

Former Painting Daisy Rachelle van Zanten amps it up on her second solo release. The snarl of dirty blues heard intermittently on her 2006...

Kimya Dawson

Alphabutt

PUBLISHED Jun 22, 2009

The trend of indie rockers making children's albums has given music-loving parents some relief lately from the hell that is commercial chil...

Tim Easton

Porcupine

PUBLISHED Jun 10, 2009

Tim Easton goes full-on for his fifth album, abandoning the gentler folk rock of 2006's Ammunition in favour of a dirty-sweet rock'n'roll e...

Tim Easton

Porcupine

PUBLISHED Jun 10, 2009

Tim Easton goes full-on for his fifth album, abandoning the gentler folk rock of 2006's Ammunition in favour of a dirty-sweet rock'n'roll e...

Rhett Miller

Rhett Miller

PUBLISHED Jun 10, 2009

Shiny vocal harmonies and clever rhymes are in plentiful supply on Old 97's front-man Rhett Miller's fourth solo release. But glossy produc...

Sunparlour Players Pull You In

PUBLISHED May 21, 2009

A strong current runs below Sunparlour Players' sophomore album, Wave North, and frontman Andrew Penner hopes it will drag you in. "It feel...

The Western States

Bye and Bye

PUBLISHED May 14, 2009

Winnipeg quintet the Western States tip their hats to country music traditions on their sophomore release, a nicely crafted collection of s...

Pale Air Singers

Pale Air Singers

PUBLISHED May 13, 2009

The opening chirp of crickets followed by the thud of boots on a piano body sets the dusky, brooding tone of this psych-folk collaboration...