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Review –“EP”– Tuesday in Japan!
reviewed by Jack Derricourt The earth eats up the chance of immortality. We’re gripped tightly within a limited life, but someone, every once in a while, demands a better deal. Vancouver’s retro...
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Review –“[sic]”– Pavel
reviewed by Cissy Suen The debut, self-released album from Alex Cooper of Vancouver, BC’s duo Mesa Luno is a whirlwind of lo-fi opaque vocals to jazzy drum beats. From the dreamy ‘Laziness or Fear’ to...
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Review –“[Congrats]”– Holy Fuck
reviewed by Cissy Suen It’s as if Holy Fuck wanted to say “hey, we’re back” because that’s exactly what the opening track ‘Chimes Broken’ does. Recorded over three days in studio, this album gives...
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Premiere: Senior Citizen –“The Hawk”
New Brunswick’s Bob Deveau has been a busy man over the last seven years. Aside from being a part of Grand Theft Bus, Olympic Symphonium, Snailhouse and Share, he’s also been making electronic music as...
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Review -“Alexe Gaudreault”– Alexe Gaudreault
reviewed by Cissy Suen From the moment she first sang ‘Quand on a du l’amour‘ in the 2013 auditions for The Voice, 24-year old Alexe Gaudreault captivated Quebec and the francophone community with her...
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Review –“Dear Ennui”– Benjamin Muñoz
reviewed by Cissy Suen Inspired by his time in the UK and the industrial city of Hamilton comes Benjamin Muñoz and his Dear Ennui EP. Ennui is a state of restless boredom, an existential condition...
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Review –“Benedicte”– Benedicte
reviewed by Chris Matei Toronto’s Benedicte is a one-woman show in the form of Maxime Gordon, and much like the monastic collective to which her minimalist electronic project alludes, she presides over...
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Review –“The Indiscrete Art of Ass Puppetry”– Lunar Lemur
reviewed by Michael Thomas Who the hell is Lunar Lemur? Not even Scott Gray, founder of the new Trinket Trance music/comics collective which is releasing this album, knows. Allegedly Gray met a man in...
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Review –“Food, Clothes”– King Helen
reviewed by Chris Matei Music creation has always been a sort of ouroboros process – the creation of new material that is eaten back up again, re-envisioned, and – with the unique stamp of the digital...
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Review –“Dream Volume”– Nevrmind
reviewed by Erik Sedore Imagine a population of exiles, banished from the real world to a digital universe, where the only source of nourishment is beats, and the only threads of community are synths...
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Review –“Darling Of The Afterglow”– Lydia Ainsworth
reviewed by Anna Alger Lydia Ainsworth has relocated to Toronto from Montreal, and reemerged with an invigorating second album, Darling Of The Afterglow, which is more eclectic and pop focused than her...
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Review –“Look At That Dog”– Dreampham
reviewed by Erik Sedore Who knows what goes on inside the mind of a dog? Sometimes my dog will look at me, panting heavily, his lips turned upwards in what appears to be a smile. His eyes are glazed...
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Paradise Animals say goodbye with ‘FIN’
Photo: Galit Rodan We’re sad to report that Paradise Animals have officially called it quits. We felt like we were with this band from start to finish, whether it was them playing Grayowl Point’s...
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Review –“crumbs in motion”– sean + ur not
reviewed by Michael Thomas We all have our own soundtracks to our home cities. Google “New York City playlist” or “Toronto playlist” or “London playlist” and you’ll no doubt get plenty of results from...
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Review –“Think of Light”– Russell Louder
reviewed by Laura Stanley Russell Louder’s Think of Light is juxtapositional. It’s dark | light. Happy | sad. Dance in your living room | cry on the floor. Think of Light throbs with electro-pop...
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Review –“Coping Strategies”– CARES
reviewed by Erik Sedore As the world becomes more dependent on technology, you sometimes start to wonder how you’d cope if it suddenly all fell apart. If all your wires and wi-fi one day vanished from...
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Premiere: Daemon & Airdrie –“Melt”
A slow-burning, sensual song demands a video of equal atmosphere, and Daemon & Airdrie’s second single, out today, has a video that quite fits that description. Filmed on Salt Spring Island, BC...
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Review –“Remember EP”– Henoheno
reviewed by Kaitlin Ruether Henoheno used to be a duo but now the project is helmed by Henry Thompson, and according to ex-member Jenny Yu, we aren’t to ask questions about it. That doesn’t stop a...
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Review –“bIGbUDiSbABYbUMPvolIItwo”– BUDI
reviewed by Erik Sedore Halifax’s BUDI (aka Nick Dourado) stays busy as a multi-instrumentalist for several projects including Special Costello and Century Egg, as well as DJ-ing, but it’s in his music...
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Review –“Le Rituel”– La Fièvre
reviewed by Dominique Lemoine Le Rituel, the debut effort from Rimouski/Montreal duo La Fièvre (Ma-Au Leclerc & Zéa Beaulieu-Apri) plays out as a self-empowering feminist ritual. There are feverish...
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