Articles by Scott Roos

U.D.O. Take a Brassy Approach to Symphonic Metal on Socially-Minded 'We Are One'
PUBLISHED Jul 16, 2020
We Are One, the latest outing from teutonic metal legend Udo Dirkschneider, is less a U.D.O. album in the traditional sense and more of a m...
Tenille Townes Takes a Pop-Friendly Approach to Country on 'The Lemonade Stand'
PUBLISHED Jun 24, 2020
The Lemonade Stand, the debut album from Grande Prairie-born/Nashville-based country songwriter Tenille Townes, is a well-produced record f...
Cat Clyde Returns to Her Stripped-Down Acoustic Roots on 'Good Bones'
PUBLISHED Jun 18, 2020
In an age when many artists are releasing albums chock-full of cover tunes, folkster Cat Clyde has opted, with her latest outing Good Bones...
JJ Wilde Is Already Making CanRock History, and Debut Album 'Ruthless' Proves Why
PUBLISHED Jun 11, 2020
Storming out of the gate with reckless abandon, soul-infused alternative rocker JJ Wilde's debut full-length, Ruthless, is a tour de force...
Larkin Poe Continue to Evolve Their Country, Rock and Blues Sound on 'Self Made Man'
PUBLISHED Jun 10, 2020
Self Made Man, the fifth full-length studio album from Georgia-raised, Nashville-based Larkin Poe, is a record that dips its toes into the...
Metal Provocateurs Behold the Arctopus Find Their Groove by Abandoning It Altogether on 'Hapeleptic Overtrove'
PUBLISHED Jun 10, 2020
Progressive metal instrumentalists Behold the Arctopus have unleashed their seventh recording of playfully weird, progressive compositions...
Iqaluit Folk Heroes the Jerry Cans Go Electric on 'Echoes'
PUBLISHED May 14, 2020
Echoes, the fourth outing from Iqaluit torchbearers the Jerry Cans, is a hodgepodge of alternative rock, post-rock, prog rock and punk rock...
Punk Rock Supergroup Fake Names Keep Their Cred Intact on Eclectic Debut Record
PUBLISHED May 7, 2020
The creative spark that forged punk rock supergroup Fake Names happened in 2016 with an initial musical hang session between fellow guitari...