Articles by Tom Piekarski

Sudan Archives Pulled Toronto into Her Expansive New World

The Axis Club, October 7

PUBLISHED Oct 9, 2022

Brittney Parks sent her sound through a prism on acclaimed sophomore record Natural Brown Prom Queen, revealing that her Sudan Archives per...

Dean Blunt Returns to Avant-Pop Directness on 'BLACK METAL 2'

PUBLISHED Jun 17, 2021

About halfway through BLACK METAL 2, some 30 seconds into "SEMTEX," Dean Blunt cranks up the delay on a single vocal line. The effect situa...

Andy Stott Offers an Excitingly Different Take on His Trademarks with 'Never the Right Time'

PUBLISHED Apr 15, 2021

When surveying Andy Stott's musical trajectory, 2012's Luxury Problems stands like a monolith. With the masterful manipulation of his one-t...

claire rousay Puts Her Ambient Experimentation in 'a softer focus'

PUBLISHED Apr 7, 2021

On a softer focus, claire rousay has delivered both her most accessible and compositionally daring album to date. Past releases have often...

Quatuor Bozzini Pay Fitting Tribute to a Key Experimental Figure on 'Alvin Lucier: Navigations'

PUBLISHED Feb 2, 2021

Montréal-based string quartet Quatuor Bozzini have been a mainstay in the Canadian classical music scene for over two decades. Favouring th...

'Magic Oneohtrix Point Never' Is a Radio Playlist with No Internal Logic

PUBLISHED Oct 29, 2020

Magic Oneohtrix Point Never is something of a self-titled record. Having once misheard the station ID announcement of Boston's Magic 106.7,...

SUMAC Offer Brutal Empathy on Their Art Metal Epic 'May You Be Held'

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2020

SUMAC ask that you interpret their fourth full-length as an expression of care: unconditional care for yourself, for others, and for the wo...

Claire Rousay's 'Tuufuhhoowaah / Bday Shots' Shows the Artistic Potential of a Smartphone

PUBLISHED Aug 17, 2020

Claire Rousay has been incorporating daily life into her music more and more with every release. The two-track Tuufuhhoowaah / Bday Shots E...