This review originally appeared at Exclaim.ca On his third album proper, Eamon McGrath blazes a jingoistic path in an attempt to capture what defines Canada and its music. And while it’s up for...
Teenage MC Kitty Pryde is what happens when you give Ellen Paige’s Juno the mic. A brilliant mix of self-awareness wrapped in a protective blanket of pop-culture name-dropping and self-obsessio...
This review originally appeared at Exclaim.ca Austin, TX’s Ringo Deathstarr are doing a good job of making themselves inescapable. After dropping their excellent debut, Colour Trip, last March,...
Given the recent reunion of Kingston via Halifax duo, the Inbreds, now seems as good a time as any to mention lo-fi indie pair Hermetic. Like the Inbreds, and Winnipeg’s Duotang, Hermetic rock ...
This review originally appeared at Exclaim.ca Erika M. Anderson’s emergence as a solo artist was both surprising and quick; her work with doomy folk group Gowns never really hinted at the highl...
This review originally appeared at Exclaim.ca Brooklyn, NY four-piece the Men have made a habit out of confounding expectations, abandoning sounds quicker than a pop star changes costumes. Just as th...
In case it hasn’t been made clear through some of my recent posts, I’ve been really digging the resurgence in interest in distorted, heavy guitars in underground circles. This shouldnR...
Look, I really like Rich Aucoin, okay? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =17BVMOqRvk8
This review originally appeared at Exclaim.ca Our current need to document and release our every waking activity hasn’t spared the music industry ― a quick YouTube search reveals dozens of shak...
I’ve written about my love for Grimes in the past, so I’ve been easing off a little with the release of her latest, most excellent album Visions. However I felt compelled to post this lat...
This review originally appeared at Exclaim.ca Anyone wondering how Daps Records so quickly gathered international buzz around its burgeoning roster need only have witnessed this show. The label ̵...
This review originally appeared at Exclaim.ca It didn’t take long for Halifax crew Long Weekends to find their stride. After dropping a handful of online tracks, their debut seven-inch doles ou...
Damian “Pink Eyes” Abraham may get most of the attention but third guitarist Ben Cook is certainly the busiest member of Toronto psychedelic-punks Fucked Up. In between the steady stream of singles w...
This review originally appeared at Exclaim.ca Playing exclusively new material is a ballsy move, even for the most established artists. So when Toronto-based musician Eamon McGrath announced he’...
This review originally appeared at Exclaim.ca No matter how much we want them to be, Islands are not the Unicorns. Since Nick Thorburn and Jamie Thompson struck out on their own, the group have been ...
Brooklyn’s The Men (not to be confused with Le Tigre-related band MEN) hit my radar sometime last year with their excellent sophomore release Leave Home, a record that blended the best bits of ...
Chattanooga, TN (yes, that’s a real place) crew Moonlight Bride have found a nice middle ground in the indie world walking a thin line between the slinky post-punk of Joy Division and the swirl...
Odd-ball pop auteur Spookey Ruben has been releasing material since the mid-90s to varying degrees of popularity, and unanimous critical acclaim. The eclectic Torontonian has been rather silent over ...
Cousins have been flopping around the Halifax DIY scene for a while now delivering some garagey pop gems on a number of releases, including their cleverly named split cassette with Duz He Knew, DUZ/C...
This review originally appeared at Exclaim.ca Evan Dando’s reconstituted Lemonheads line-up haven’t sparked his creative juices. Instead of new material, this latest release offers a coll...
This review originally appeared at Exclaim.ca If Vancouver’s indie scene can be said to have a sound, it’s a sure bet that Said the Whale, Tegan and Sara and Mother Mother have had a hand...
Who’d have thought that West Coast psychedelia and European dance would go together so well? San Francisco’s Wooden Shjips managed to score famed British DJ Andrew Weatherall – he o...
This review originally appeared at Exclaim.ca Chuck Klosterman once wrote that the Darkness would never truly make it in North America. The U.S., he argued, would never embrace the band the way Engl...
This post originally appeared at Exclaim.ca It’s a sad, but true fact that bands often have to seek recognition south of the border before finding success at home. For Toronto, ON, by way of Mo...
This review originally appeared at Exclaim.ca Second time out, Montreal’s Sonic Avenues stick with the formula that made their self-titled debut such a breath of fresh air, distilling old-scho...
“My First Hardcore Song” by 8yr Old Juliet http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =uU6U-8LP1DY
Nardwuar the Human Serviette is well known for his off-the-wall interviews, but dude’s also in a long-running band called the Evaporators who have just dropped a new video for their song “...
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