Review –“Gold Shirt”– Harley Alexander & the Universal Lovers
reviewed by Michael Thomas Love is the most thoroughly overused topic in music, but few evoke the feeling of love so genuinely as Harley Alexander & the Universal Lovers. The love this band emits...
View ArticleReview –“Marshmellow Champignon”– Cocagne Chimera
reviewed by Jack Derricourt Nick Drake and Mac DeMarco are at a house party. They sit, smoking, just looking at guitars. Slowly, they start to dream together, and their smiles widen. The dream becomes...
View ArticleReview –“Hungry Ghost”– Brenna Lowrie
reviewed by Michael Thomas In the music of Brenna Lowrie, something dark isn’t directly in vision—it’s just about to strike, or it’s already departed, leaving devastation in its wake. After a long...
View ArticleReview –“Rencontrer Looloo”– Chocolat
reviewed by Michael Thomas Montreal’s Chocolat may have one of the most un-Googleable band names of all time, but that aura of mystery also covers their music and the concept of Rencontrer Looloo,...
View ArticleReview –“At Work On Several Things”– Jons
reviewed by Jack Derricourt Lazy-gentle: that’s how I would describe Jons’ newest release. At Work On Several Things is dream pop of slow-dissolving greatness. This album is a slack fest — literally,...
View ArticleReview –“Memoria Futura”– Memoria Futura
reviewed by Michael Thomas “A futura memoria” is basically the Spanish translation of “for future reference,” as in, remember this now, because you’ll need to know it for the future. Vancouver producer...
View ArticleReview –“Space Race”– The Sad Birthdays
reviewed by Erik Sedore On January 31, 1961, Ham the Astrochimp became the first primate to be launched into space. For almost 17 minutes, he soared out of the atmosphere and touched the stars, before...
View ArticleReview –“The Hustle is a Many-Splendoured Thing”– Slight
reviewed by Michael Thomas The last time we reviewed Slight, they were described as good at assessing themselves. In music writing the word “swirling” is probably done to death (hell, I’ve probably...
View ArticleReview –“Strange Prison”– Astral Swans
reviewed by Michael Thomas When you consume enough media, you realize that beauty can be as frightening as it is soothing. There’s no doubt that the atmospheric/psychedelia-tinged folk music of Astral...
View ArticlePremiere: Mother Sun –“Flower : One Eye”
As the weather starts to get warmer, here’s a dose of sunshine to keep you warm. Tomorrow, Kamloops’ Mother Sun will be releasing two singles – “Flower” and “One Eye” – as a teaser for their debut LP...
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