Articles by Travis Persaud

The Go! Team Share Their "Schizo" Ambitions for <i>Rolling Blackouts</i>

PUBLISHED Feb 7, 2011

Following last week's release of the Go! Team's Rolling Blackouts, the band should be breathing a big sigh of relief. However, the album di...

Architects

The Here and Now

PUBLISHED Jan 25, 2011

On their fourth album, Architects present their most polished and coherent release, a move that will certainly draw new listeners, but it w...

The Go! Team

Rolling Blackouts

PUBLISHED Jan 23, 2011

Assaulting trumpets and Ninja's boisterous rapping flood every gap of silence on "T.O.R.N.A.D.O."; it's impossible not feel the tension of...

Farewell to Freeway

Filthy Habits

PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2011

It's not until "Top Gun," five songs into Filthy Habits, that Farewell to Freeway produce something worth listening to. The Guelph, ON meta...

Ace Augustine

The Absolute

PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2011

Young and full of vigour, Ace Augustine do more than just show promise on their debut full-length; they deliver unexpected quality. Perhaps...

Moneen

Horseshoe Tavern Toronto, ON December 23

PUBLISHED Dec 24, 2010

Perhaps Dickens's Ghost of Christmas past is to thank? With holiday spirit in full effect, Peter Krpan, Moneen's original drummer who left...

Underoath Get Critical About the Past As They Embrace the Future

PUBLISHED Dec 8, 2010

It's never a surprise to hear a band extol their latest release as their best ever. In fact, we should expect it. Why release something tha...

Frank Turner

Rock & Roll

PUBLISHED Dec 6, 2010

Recorded in three days before Christmas, Frank Turner continues his folk-punk approach on this enjoyable five-song EP. Opener "I Still Beli...