Albums Of The Week: Blondshell | Blondshell
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “In the past few years, 25-year-old Sabrina Teitelbaum has transformed into a songwriter without fear. The loud-quiet excavations that comprise her hook-filled debut as Blondshell...
Albums Of The Week: Mudhoney | Plastic Eternity
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The world is filling up with trash. Humanity remains addicted to pollution despite the planet getting hotter by the minute. People are downing horse dewormer...
Now Hear This: Pil & Bue | Special Agents
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Pil & Bue are a fierce duo from the very north of Norway.
With one of the country's best vocalists, Petter Carlsen, singing and playing guitar,...
Now Hear This: The Lost Days | In The Store
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “After meeting at a memorial for a mutual friend, Tony Molina (Ovens) and Sarah Rose Janko (Dawn Riding) started spending nights into mornings playing guitar...
Now Hear This: Richard Youngs | Heart Of The Creation Room
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Richard Youngs (b. 1966, Cambridge, England) is a musician based in Glasgow, Scotland. In a career spanning more than 35 years, his prolific output defies...
Area Resident | Phosphene: Exclusive Album Premiere + Track-By-Track
Doug Hempstead — the Clark Kent-like alter ego of Ottawa indie-rocker (and Tinnitist columnist / reviewer) Area Resident — endured a bit of a wild pandemic. When it began in March...
Now Hear This: Choncy | Community Chest
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Choncy’s Community Chest is an itch-scratching debut album shaped by post-punk, garage, and hardcore-adjacent music.
The album confronts the trials and tribulations of the modern day workforce...
Now Hear This: Jake Borgemenke & Joey Joesph | Subliminal Clave
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “In early 2022 Jake Borgemenke and Joey Joesph had long been admirers of the other's music, but had never met. That February they started talking...
Now Hear This: Sir Alhaji Waziri Oshomah & His Traditional Sound Makers | Vol....
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “If you’re a fan of 17-minute tracks that expound upon the incredible talents of managing directors and electrical contractors, then Alhaji Waziri Oshomah’s Vol. 2...
Women Take Centre Stage At College Street Jazz Festival 2023
With a lineup focusing on gender representation, LGBTQ+ representation, cultural diversity, and emerging artists, JazzInToronto’s College Street Jazz Festival will showcase some of the best and most exciting talent...
Albums Of The Week: Hayden | Are We Good
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Hayden — the legendary Toronto indie-folk rock fixture whose heartrending songs are a soundtrack to coming of age — has just released Are We Good,...
Area Resident’s Classic Album Review: Jimmy Page | Death Wish II Soundtrack
There aren't many albums in my collection I've had as long as I've had the Death Wish II soundtrack and listened to less. A fervent Led Zeppelin fan then...
Classic Album Review: The Bad Plus | These Are The Vistas
This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
The Bad Plus aren’t...
Classic Album Review: The (International) Noise Conspiracy | Bigger Cages, Longer Chains
This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
If you weren’t paying...
Classic Album Review: Vendetta Red | Cut Your Noose
This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Cut Your Umbilical Cord...
