Articles by Scott Tavener
Real Estate
Atlas
PUBLISHED Mar 4, 2014
For a record called Atlas, the third LP from Real Estate has an oddly ambivalent relationship with space and time. On the one hand, vocalis...
Mas Ysa
Worth EP
PUBLISHED Feb 4, 2014
Nominally, Brooklyn via Montreal's Mas Ysa's (a.k.a. Thomas Arsenault) first release is an EP, though the kitchen-sink affair could just as...
Hospitality
Trouble
PUBLISHED Jan 27, 2014
For Hospitality's 2012 self-titled debut, the Brooklyn trio delivered a playful collection of sugary indie pop, evoking everyone from Belle...
The Gaslight Anthem
The B-Sides
PUBLISHED Jan 27, 2014
First things first: there is very little point to this collection of B-sides from New Jersey rockers the Gaslight Anthem. Essentially a par...
The Hidden Cameras
Age
PUBLISHED Jan 21, 2014
From the outset, Hidden Cameras establish Age – their first record since 2009 – as a dark and serious affair. Leadoff "Skin and...
Austra
Phoenix Concert Hall, Toronto ON, September 27
PUBLISHED Sep 28, 2013
Katie Stelmanis and Austra know exactly what they're doing. During their hometown show, the four-piece — plus a touring trombonist — master...
Local Natives
Kool Haus, Toronto ON, September 21
PUBLISHED Sep 22, 2013
Despite all of Local Natives' jerky rhythms and rousing arrangements, they have an obvious love for folk. It was their push-and-pull dynami...
Majical Cloudz
Wrongbar, Toronto ON, September 17
PUBLISHED Sep 18, 2013
The Toronto stop of Montreal's Majical Cloudz (aka singer-songwriter Devon Welsh and comrade, Matthew Otto) was the last of their current t...
