Album Reviews: Leon Bridges, Charlotte Day Wilson, Chinese American Bear

 Leon Bridges - Gold-Diggers Sound (Atlanta, GA) While he's not the first, Leon Bridges has certainly learned enough from his peers to know when to expand his retro sounds to something less immediately identifiable. With a smoky cool and a mystery in its bones, Bridges makes a new kind of

Album Reviews: Hannah Georgas, Disclosure, Whitney Rose

 Disclosure - Energy (Reigate, England) With an ability to spin any great singer into a dance legend, Disclosure always have some fun surprises on their record. Despite a strange crossover of Gorillaz collabs from this year, the result is a totally unique record of club beats for after our current

JUNO Spotlight: The Zolas

 Nominated For: Breakthrough Group of the Year The Zolas make the kind of music that wants to be the soundtrack to your life. It’s groovy, it’s kinda' weird, and it makes you want to dance. Born out of the ashes of the now-defunct Lotus Child, Zach Gray and Tom Dobrzanski

JP Hoe – Getting Under the Skin on Mannequin

 Twice-nominated Western Canadian Music Awards artist JP Hoe is the ultimate singer-songwriter. The Winnipeg native is earnest, wry, ironic, funny and insightful. His material has a genuine homespun feel, filled with catchy hooks and melodies – genuine, uncontrived and confessional. Hoe's songs have vision and substance, and are a welcome