Vampire Weekend | Father of the Bride
In their 20s, everybody desperately wants to be cool. And being cool always involves a lot of rules: Do this, say that, never wear this, don't admit you enjoy...
Playing Catch-Up | Six Recent Albums You Should Hear
There have been so many albums released lately — and more importantly, so many good albums — that I can't keep up with them all. After all, I am just...
Rewinding April | The 28 Best Albums of The Month
It is just me, or is the year flying by? It seems like just last week when I compiled the best albums for March. Then I woke up today...
From the Mailbag | Four Worthy Canadian Releases To Start Your Week
So much music, so little time. It could almost be the motto of this site. Every day I get a few dozen albums, EPs, singles and videos sent my...
DIY Discovery | Sister Wanzala
Most of the music I hear is sent to me by labels and publicists. But there’s nothing like getting it straight from the source. Welcome to the latest instalment...
Next Week in Music | April 29-May 5 • 100 New Releases Headed Your...
There are nearly 100 albums, EPs and singles being released next week. Mark your calendars and pre-order your favourites — but don’t blame me if things change at the...
Next Week in Music | April 29-May 5, 2019 • New Books
I couldn't read music if you put a gun to my head. But I have no trouble reading about music. Here are the biographies, memoirs and other music-related books...
Next Week in Music | April 29-May 5, 2019 • Music on TV
I know you like to watch. So here's a list of the musicians who will be singing for their supper next week on the tube. Of course, everything here...
Alan Parsons | The Secret
Yes, Alan Parsons. THE Alan Parsons. The studio-whiz engineer and producer-turned-art rocker who gave the world ’70s and ’80s concept albums like Tales of Mystery and Imagination, I Robot,...
Kiefer Sutherland | Reckless & Me
Life is full of surprises. Like, for instance, this album from Kiefer Sutherland, the latest in an apparently endless line of Hollywood actors who make eyes roll with their...
Co. Townes | Van Zandt
Let's face it: When your band is named Co. Townes, it's probably only a matter of time before you make a tribute album titled Van Zandt. But it is...
Danko Jones | A Rock Supreme
Sorry to disappoint you, John Coltrane fans: Danko Jones’ ninth studio album is not a full-length tribute to the saxophone legend's groundbreaking spiritual opus A Love Supreme. (Though just...
Guided by Voices | Warp and Woof
Some haters claim that if you've heard one Guided by Voices album, you've heard them all. And admittedly, as Robert Pollard has churned out album after album of British...
Various Artists | For The Throne: Music Inspired by Game of Thrones
Winter is here. At least in the Seven Kingdoms of Game of Thrones. But it won't be here for long: HBO’s massively popular medieval fantasy epic will finally wrap...
JJ Cale | Stay Around
"Ain't no change in the weather, ain't no changes in me," JJ Cale rasped on Call Me the Breeze, the first cut on his 1972 debut album Naturally. Truer...
