Yeasayer will be on a lengthy tour to support their latest and perhaps most synthetic album they’ve released yet, Fragrant World and it’ll include stops at Coachella; Governor’s Ball; Toronto, ON; Des Moines, IA; Cleveland, OH; and […]
Tag: Toronto
I had reviewed the National’s last album, High Violet for the Whiskey Dregs Magazine, and as I noted at the time, it was an album that resonated very deeply with me – it spoke of adult concerns, […]
TEEN, a quarter comprising of the Lieberson sisters – lead singer and multi-instrumentalist Teeny, keyboardist Lizzie, drummer Katherine and bassist Jane Herships – will be releasing the Carolina EP on May 28th. Carolina is a follow-up to their debut […]
Haerts is a New York-based quartet with members who hail from Germany and other parts of the US. Their debut single “Wings,” which was released recently was produced by Jean-Phillip Grobler, who records and performs […]
Walter Sickert and the ARmy of BRoken TOys have developed a reputation for their live shows being spectacles – they’re often highly theatrical with dancers and other performers, and it works with their sound as […]
Formed in 2004, the members of the Edmonton, Alberta, Canada-based Shout Out Out Out had been in a number of that area’s punk and rock bands – but it was shared interest in synthesizers and […]
Emerging from Toronto, ON’s indie scene back in 1995 with his debut solo effort, Everything I Long For, singer/songwriter Hayden has won over fans and critics for his introspective lyrics and his independence – he plays almost […]
As Kishi Bashi begins his biggest headlining tour to date, he announced the release of three elaborate 7" singles through Joyful Noise Recordings. Each of the releases features a single from Kishi Bashi’s critically acclaimed […]
a Q&A with Anna Rose
Although she’s the daughter of Alan Menken, the pianist, musical theater and film composer best known for the beloved Disney films such as Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Pocahontas and others, the […]
Album Reviews
As a blogger my email inbox gets inundated with requests to cover an ever-widening variety of artists, and I really can’t complain about that because I wind up getting introduced to a bunch of new […]
Slim Twig recently released his latest album, A Hound at the Hem through his label and Toronto’s Pleasance Records. Paying tribute to Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita and Gainsbourg’s Histoire de Melody Nelson the album is reportedly a surreal album […]