Album Reviews

Tove Lo Queen of the Clouds Reviewed by: Rebecca Robinson Queen of the Clouds, Tove Lo’s new album, is exhilarating. With clear and superbly polished and instrumentation and vocals, Queen of the Clouds is simply easy to listen to. There are no jarring notes or garbled passages Read More

The Rural Alberta Advantage Mended With Gold Reviewed by: Lara Supan   Welcome to every Grey’s Anatomy and movie soundtrack song ever. The Rural Alberta Advantage sure knows how to write a solid anthem! Chordal piano, driving drums and a reedy, tortured voice will get Read More

Christopher Owens A New Testament Reviewed by: Lara Supan   Today’s album review is brought to you by the words “contrived”, “phony” and “artificial”. If this album doesn’t offend you by the end of it, you might want to get Read More

The History of Apple Pie Feel Something Reviewed by: Jordy Lyric   The History of Apple Pie’s new album, Feel Something, opens on a warm, celestial, vintage note. Singer Stephanie Min’s understated vocals lay nicely against the spinning, sunny instrumentals. Little did I Read More

Empires Orphan Reviewed by: Jordy Lyric   The first thing I noticed about Empires’ Orphan LP is the uniqueness of the vocals. When they came in, I found myself taken aback by the sturdiness and beauty. In a world where most singers in a particular genre sound the same, Read More

Chuck Prophet Night Surfer Reviewed by: Lara Supan   Chuck Prophet: Master of good ol’ American Rock n’ Roll. You can’t get much more classic (and classy), straight up and down rock n’ roll than Night Surfer does. Chuck Prophet’s laid back vocal Read More