Articles by Sarah Chodos

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  Jody Glenham's Emotionally Complex 'Mood Rock' Offers Exactly What the Title Promises

  PUBLISHED Aug 6, 2020

  Jody Glenham's latest album, Mood Rock, has a perfectly fitting title, with a moody pop sound — like a pink plastic glittery mood ring. Wit...

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  Fast Romantics Get Down to Earth on 'Pick It Up'

  PUBLISHED Aug 5, 2020

  Fast Romantics are based in Toronto, but two members — Matthew Angus and Jeffrey Lewis — hail from Calgary, and other members have rural up...

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  Madeline Kenney Feasts on a Smorgasbord of Sounds with 'Sucker's Lunch'

  PUBLISHED Jul 29, 2020

  Madeline Kenney's latest album, Sucker's Lunch, is a sweet composition of folksy synth-pop with a thin layer of groove that never quite han...

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  Nicolas Bougaïeff's Disorienting 'The Upward Spiral' Will Leave You Wondering Which Way Is Down

  PUBLISHED Jul 23, 2020

  If a tree falls in a forest, does it make a sound? Or, more to the point, what if all that can be heard is the sound of trees falling to an...

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  Rufus Wainwright Comes Full Circle on Older, Wiser 'Unfollow the Rules'

  PUBLISHED Jul 8, 2020

  Rufus Wainwright has introduced Unfollow the Rules as coming full-circle in relation to his 1998 self-titled debut album. Indeed, it is a h...

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  The Manvils Present Rock in Its Purest Form on 'Reaction Arrow'

  PUBLISHED Jun 29, 2020

  The Manvils are originally from Vancouver but relocated to Toronto in 2011. Their latest release, Reaction Arrow, is one to put in your tap...

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  Evening Hymns Hold a Psychedelic Church Service on 'Heavy Nights'

  PUBLISHED Jun 24, 2020

  Heavy Nights is a good name for an album that conveys a sense of quiet but not of emptiness. Significant events in Ontario songwriter Jonas...

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  Thad Cockrell Leaves Country Traditionalism in the Past on 'If in Case You Feel the Same'

  PUBLISHED Jun 24, 2020

  The mood on If in Case You Feel the Same keeps changing. Thad Cockrell is adept at expressing hurt through music and there is plenty of tha...