Articles by Tim Forster
Thao & the Get Down Stay Down Continue to Evolve on 'Temple' but Lose Some of Their Zing
PUBLISHED May 12, 2020
On their fifth studio album, Temple, folk-tinged San Francisco singer Thao Nguyen and her band shift into a pared-back rock sound. And whil...
Louise Burns
Portraits
PUBLISHED Nov 6, 2019
Since leaving BC band Lillix over a decade ago, Louise Burns has been quite the consistent singer-songwriter, with three albums of atmosphe...
Rae Spoon
Mental Health
PUBLISHED Aug 14, 2019
Rae Spoon understands human emotions — that they're messy, and not always well-defined in an easy, cut and dried way. This much is clear fr...
Christine and the Queens
Chris
PUBLISHED Sep 18, 2018
If Christine and the Queens' first album, Chaleur Humaine, was a more subdued and introspective record, with Héloïse Letessier (aka Christi...
U.S. Girls
L'Escogriffe, Montreal QC, April 11
PUBLISHED Apr 12, 2018
In A Poem Unlimited, the latest album from Toronto-based Meg Remy as U.S. Girls, is a certified banger. Dipping in and out of diverse sound...
Calexico
The Thread That Keeps Us
PUBLISHED Jan 22, 2018
Arizona band Calexico's ninth studio album, The Thread That Keeps Us, features hints of the Tejano-tinged "desert noir" sound the band are...
Blue Hawaii
Tenderness
PUBLISHED Oct 5, 2017
Four years on from their last (and only) full-length release, Montrealers Blue Hawaii are back with new record Tenderness, which finds Arbu...
Alex Cameron
Forced Witness
PUBLISHED Sep 6, 2017
Given the prominence of angry white men with feelings of disenfranchisement taking to the streets this year, toxic masculinity feels like a...
