Articles by Travis Persaud

Moneen's Kenny Bridges

PUBLISHED Sep 26, 2009

&affiliateIt has been over three years since Moneen released The Red Tree and nearly 18 months since they began penning its follow-up. In t...

Moneen

The World I Want To Leave Behind

PUBLISHED Sep 22, 2009

Gone are the paragraph-long song titles, the endless whirls of delay and other anonymous sounds, and the havoc-wreaking start-stop tempo ch...

Billy Talent

III

PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2009

Before signing any contract, Billy Talent had amassed a strong following around the Toronto, ON area with their At The Drive-In-tinged rock...

The Dangerous Summer

Reach For The Sun

PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2009

It would be super-easy to write-off this album. C'mon, more pop punk? Diatribes on heartbreak, the plight of growing up and other such lyri...

Soul Control

Cycles

PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2009

It took a call from Bridge Nine to get the four members of Soul Control in the studio to record a full-length album. Their 14-day session p...

Modest Mouse

The Sound Academy, Toronto ON August 21

PUBLISHED Aug 24, 2009

Let's face it, Modest Mouse aren't a big-venue rock band. Sure, they've managed to climb the charts with blissfully sweet pop tunes like "F...

Sleeping Giant

Sons of Thunder

PUBLISHED Jul 24, 2009

Sleeping Giant don't back down on their second album, which is sure to make the original sons of thunder proud — the Biblical figures...

Settle

At Home We Are Tourists

PUBLISHED Jun 19, 2009

The title of Settle's debut album is a telling line. With their diverse sound it's safe to assume they often feel like visitors playing alo...