Articles by Sarah Chodos
Jeen Shines on 'Gold Control'
PUBLISHED Feb 2, 2024
'Gold Control' finds JEEN in a state of contemplation, adding tinges of shoegaze and ‘80s goth pop to her scrappy rock melange...
The Darcys Reinvent Themselves Once Again to Navigate 'Fear & Loneliness'
PUBLISHED Nov 11, 2020
The Darcys' Wes Marskell says that he and collaborator Jason Couse were aiming to "blur the line between fact and fiction" and to create a...
Laura Veirs' 'My Echo' Is a Snapshot of a Divorce in Real-Time
PUBLISHED Oct 21, 2020
Laura Veirs states she knew that she and her then-husband, producer, and percussionist, Tucker Martine, were getting divorced by the time t...
Pierre Kwenders and Clément Bazin Reimagine African Musical Traditions Through a Digital Lens on 'Classe Tendresse'
PUBLISHED Oct 21, 2020
Pierre Kwenders has been known to allow every style of music he hears to influence his own. This is even more remarkable given the diversit...
Hiroki Tanaka Builds an Intricate Garden of Memory on 'Kaigo Kioku Kyoku'
PUBLISHED Oct 15, 2020
Kathleen Goring's favourite place is her garden. This is important in understanding the sound of Kaigo Kioku Kyoku, the debut album by her...
Jeen Mingles with CanRock Royalty on Self-Titled LP, but Ultimately Forges Her Own Path
PUBLISHED Oct 8, 2020
With Ian Blurton and Brendan Canning in her lineup, Jeen's self-titled album presents as a who's who of Canadian music. However, its sound...
Sad13's 'Haunted Painting' Makes Morbidity Sound Like Fun
PUBLISHED Sep 24, 2020
If you are fortunate enough to live somewhere where the air is getting cooler, and the leaves – and not the sky — are turning different sha...
Riches' Multidisciplinary 'Fantasy Chapel' Points an Exciting Way Forward for Young Galaxy's Catherine McCandless
PUBLISHED Sep 24, 2020
Riches is a collaboration between Young Galaxy's Catherine McCandless and choreographer Wynn Holmes of Lo Fi Dance Theory and Ils Dansent....
