Articles by Zahraa Hmood
Bodywash
Comforter
PUBLISHED Aug 27, 2019
Montréal's Bodywash began five years ago when bandmates Chris Steward and Rosie Long Dector met and discovered their mutual appreciation of...
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Wallop
PUBLISHED Aug 26, 2019
They've been around since the '90s, but !!! (Chk Chk Chk) have never wavered in their bombastic, irreverent spirit. The veteran New York mu...
Electric Youth
Memory Emotion
PUBLISHED Aug 6, 2019
It is possible to relive the exact moment that came to define Electric Youth's career. Fire up the 2011 film Drive, and skip to the scene i...
Mal Blum
Pity Boy
PUBLISHED Jul 10, 2019
On Pity Boy, New York musician Mal Blum opens up about the relentless frustration and stagnation they experienced during one of the most di...
Kim Petras
Clarity
PUBLISHED Jul 4, 2019
The ethos of Kim Petras is defined by the opening lyrics on Clarity: "Clarity, I got clarity / I'm the bitch with the sauce, apparently." T...
Daughter of Swords
Dawnbreaker
PUBLISHED Jun 25, 2019
Dawnbreaker lives in the land of summer, where the days are long and hazy, and the nights sweet, but melancholy. It's also a fresh start fo...
Absolutely Free
Geneva Freeport
PUBLISHED Jun 19, 2019
Absolutely Free, the project of veteran Toronto musicians Moshe Fisher-Rozenberg, Michael Claxton and Matt King, emerged in 2014 with their...
Lydia Ainsworth
Phantom Forest
PUBLISHED May 8, 2019
Phantom Forest continues where Lydia Ainsworth left off with her full-length debut two years ago. Darling of the Afterglow was a symphony o...