Articles by Travis Persaud

Hammock
Chasing After Shadowsâ¦ Living With The Ghosts
PUBLISHED May 18, 2010
Comparisons are inevitable when it comes to instrumental bands and Hammock aren't immune to this beautiful curse. Yes, the duo of Marc Byrd...
As I Lay Dying
The Powerless Rise
PUBLISHED May 11, 2010
Almost three years removed from their status-raising album, An Ocean Between Us, metalcore veterans As I Lay Dying don't miss a double-bass...
Old World Vulture
Old World Vulture
PUBLISHED May 11, 2010
This Toronto, ON instrumental four-piece take their cues from the likes of Mogwai and Holy Fuck on their debut EP, infusing contagious synt...
The Burning Hotels
Novels
PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2010
The Burning Hotels reach back five years, drawing on inspiration from the Strokes and the Stills for their debut full-length album, Novels....
Raised By Swans
No Ghostless Place
PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2010
"We were young/We didn't heed those things," Eric Howden quietly sings in falsetto on opening track "We Were Never Young." The first moment...
Summer People
Good Problems
PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2010
This octet are shrouded in so many secrets it makes you think they're hiding something much more valuable than what their 13-track debut al...
Velveteen
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PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2010
Velveteen made headlines as part of an April Fool's Day joke in 2008 when their album, Home Waters, was passed around online as Death Cab f...
Southerly
Champion of the Noisy Negativists
PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2010
Krist Krueger, hidden behind his Southerly nametag, uses this five-song EP for sparse instrumental works that are equally unsettling and in...