Articles by Travis Persaud

Eight and a Half

Eight and a Half

PUBLISHED Mar 25, 2012

Eight and a Half garnered a flurry of interest well before the release of this self-titled debut album. While their name will certainly ent...

Outtacontroller

Don't Play Dumb

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2012

Hailing from Halifax, NS, this four-piece pop-punk band's debut full-length is a quick, but highly enjoyable ride. With 16 songs just toppi...

The Wooden Sky Set Sights on New Video EP, Ernie Graham Covers Project and Nirvana Tribute

PUBLISHED Feb 28, 2012

"It's an exciting time to be in the Wooden Sky." It's hard not to agree with lead singer and songwriter Gavin Gardiner as he begins to go...

The Wooden Sky Are Full of Hope

PUBLISHED Feb 27, 2012

Every Child a Daughter, Every Moon a Sun. The title of the Wooden Sky's latest album, their third full-length, is as much a tongue twister...

Safe House

Daniel Espinosa

PUBLISHED Feb 9, 2012

The opening scenes tell the story. Matt Weston (Ryan Reynolds), a fresh-faced CIA agent, has languished at his post in Cape Town, South Afr...

Kathleen Edwards

Lost and Found

PUBLISHED Jan 30, 2012

Kathleen Edwards walks into her rehearsal space – about two weeks before her fourth album Voyageur is released – with one overw...

Museum Mouth

Is

PUBLISHED Jan 24, 2012

Museum Mouth's debut album, Tears In My Beer (2010), teetered on the line dividing indie rock and pop punk. But their dual female/male voca...

Kathleen Edwards

Voyageur

PUBLISHED Jan 24, 2012

Ottawa native Kathleen Edwards became Canada's alt-country darling on the strength of three rootsy, Americana-steeped albums. They landed h...