Album Reviews

Aimee Mann Mental Illness Reviewed by: Max Miller Music of all stripes is getting weirder. Angrier. Livelier. Producers working in hip-hop and electronic music are concocting stranger, more progressive sounds which, thanks to rapid dissemination across online channels, steadily Read More

Eric Bibb Migration Blues Reviewed by: Lauren Rosier The Blues Music Award winner, singer/songwriter Eric Bibb, returns with his latest album, Migration Blues (Stony Plain Records)- a 15-track collection of insightful and timely songs. On Migration Blues, Bibb focuses mainly on Read More

Knox Hamilton The Heights Reviewed by: Ziggy Merritt Whenever I run across the phrase “arena pop-rock” I tend to cringe. Lately that same phrase reminds me of past-prime Coldplay and U2- both bands have produced their fair share of ear candy back in their heyday, but Read More

Trementina 810 Reviewed by: Max Miller Venerable Californian label Burger Records, once solely proprietors of grimy garage pop and scuzzy punk, have steadily been extending their outreach to encompass bands of vastly different genres and origins. Case in point, Chilean shoegazers Read More

Fort Defiance The Haunts of Youth Reviewed by: Jane Roser Their first album since officially becoming a duo band, husband and wife Americana performers Jordan Eastman and Laurel Lane aka Fort Defiance, offer up fourteen timeless songs drenched in wit, candor and raw emotion. The Read More

You’ll Never Get To Heaven Images Reviewed by: Lauren Rosier   The Canadian ambient pop duo of You’ll Never Get To Heaven caught the attention of indie record label Yellow K Records (Japanese Breakfast, Eskimeaux) in 2012 after the release of their first single, “Caught In A Read More