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Album Reviews: Kali Uchis, King Gizzard, Megan Thee Stallion

Kali Uchis — Sin Miedo  (Alexandria, Virginia/Colombia) While we've only been able to get a taste of Kali Uchis' Spanish in past years, her latest release dives right into it. Part-evolution, and partly a new flavour on what we know from Kali, this record bridges a lot of pop ideas

Album Reviews: Sharon Jones, Ane Brun, Marie Davidson

Marie Davidson & L'Oeil Nu — Renegade Breakdown (Montreal) Finding a wonderful middleground between aggressive disco and experimental music, Marie Davidson continues to chart into waters all her own with L'Oeil Nu. Cinematic, dark, but often dance-ready, this record is a trip to take in. "Renegade Breakdown" serves as a heavy

Album Reviews: Gorillaz, Laura Veirs, Ela Minus

Gorillaz — Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez (London, U.K.) Trapped inside while everyone else is too, Damon Albarn has somehow managed to craft one of the sharpest Gorillaz records in a while. Whether you need the quirky tones, dancing energy, worldly collaborations or just amazing songwriting, this record delivers

Album Reviews: beabadoobee, Mary Lattimore, Touché Amore

beabadoobee — Fake It Flowers (Iloilo City, Philippines/London, U.K.) Whether you're versed in all the trickled out releases or just hearing beabadoobee for the first time, it's hard to ignore how detailed and smooth the writing feels. In a record that dances between pop and rock with a punk sensibility, it's a

Album Reviews: Alicia Keys, Night Lunch, Metz

Alicia Keys — ALICIA (New York City) Right as her music starts getting predictable, Alicia Keys shakes things up every few years to have another record that's full of pop, but also wonder! Part theatrical, and part exploration into abrasive effects, this is a star finding new ways to make a

Album Reviews: Jeremy Drury, Eivør, Róisín Murphy

Róisín Murphy — Róisín Machine (London, U.K.) Bringing a narrative charge to the world of club-driven dance tracks, Róisín Murphy let's her music enhance the moment. Kind of like LCD Soundsystem production meeting a Kylie Minogue vocal, the whole record teeters between seriousness and fun. "Simulation" brings this out in a

Album reviews: Kathleen Edwards, Kiesza, Helena Deland

Kathleen Edwards  — Total Freedom (Ottawa) Following a time away from her music career, Kathleen Edwards latest music is charged with creative rawness and deeply personal stories. Her alt-country sound allows her to play out seemingly autobiographical tales with a bit of genre mystique to keep things feeling entrancing to

Album Reviews: Alison Mosshart, Glass Animals, Sweet Whirl

Alison Mosshart — Sound Wheel (Vero Beach, Florida/Nashville) While she's usually known for dark and gritty rock between The Kills and the Dead Weather, Alison Mosshart moves to a spoken-word, experimental music mélange in her latest solo release. This is not a music record, but for those into loose poetry, weird sonic

Album Reviews: Taylor Swift, Jessy Lanza, Liza Anne

Taylor Swift — Folklore (West Reading, PA) Given Taylor Swift's constant ability to morph her sound every few years and still make great music, it wasn't a total shock that her shift away from overt pop stuck the landing. With a little more lyrical grit and a more blended sense

Album Reviews: Dream Wife, Sparks, 070 Shake and more

Dream Wife — So When You Gonna... (London) There was a delightfully unrelenting lyrical narrative to Dream Wife's last album, so for round two they holding nothing back. With gritty, danceable rock and vocals that constantly rotate styles in their delivery, this is a fiery follow up that doesn't slow

Album reviews — Carly Rae Jepsen, Tove Lo, Alma and more

Carly Rae Jepsen - Dedicated Side B (Mission, British Columbia) While her last B-sides EP was a surprise hit, it's insane to think Carly Rae Jepsen could follow up a record of single-worthy material with another LP's worth of solid tracks. Though it's a step below the might of 2019's

Album Reviews: Charli XCX, Perfume Genius, and more

Charli XCX — How I'm Feeling Now (Cambridge, UK) Whether it's overt Top-40, weird experimental pop or somewhere between all that, Charli XCX continues to prove she's one of the most underrated and ambitious singers out there. With an album constructed in quarantine that follows her last release tightly, this

Album Reviews – Anna Burch, House in the Fall and more

Anna Burch — If You're Dreaming (Detroit, Michigan) Despite all the fun melodies and snarky lyrics in her first record, Anna Burch's music always felt a little disconnected from her narratives. But with the overt romanticism in the compositions of her latest record, each song brilliantly turns its stories into

Album Reviews: Dua Lipa, Mack & Ben, and more

Dua Lipa  - Future Nostalgia (London, U.K.) Pop is in a great place for feel-good jams and Top 40 artists like Dua Lipa who can mix the weird with infectious hooks. Though Canadians might find the album title confusing next to the The Sheepdog's own 2015 release, they will find

Album Reviews – Allie X, Beach Bunny and more

Allie X - Cape God (Oakville, Ontario/ Los Angeles) If you've caught Allie X live in the past few years, you know just how potent her mix of punchy pop and dark melodies can be. With almost too much ambition and a lot of energy, this latest release sees Allie

Album Reviews: March 9, 2019

Stella Donnelly - Beware Of Dogs (Perth, Australia) Every once in a while you hear a record that can really shock you, whether it's a great sound or the emotional impact. This debut LP sees Stella Donnelly soothing you in her music while telling cutting stories that tap into modern

Album Reviews: Beirut, Bob Mould, Noi and more

Panda Bear - Buoys (Baltimore, MD/Lisbon, Portugal) Though it goes without saying that Panda Bear has definitely maintained a specific sound and niche kind of writing, he's always carved infectious writing into this sound. For as often as he meditates on ideas in this latest release, Panda Bear makes a

Album Reviews: February 25, 2019

Swervedriver - Future Ruins (Oxford, England) Those looking for furious rock that cuts through pop hooks with ease, Swervedriver give you that with a touch of anger and grit. With such a colossal weight to the sound Swervedriver bring to the table, it's only a shame they're not taking it

Album Reviews: February 11, 2019

Le Butcherettes - bi/MENTAL (Guadalajara, Mexico) While previous records from Le Butcherettes were all about raw punk fury and a little art-rock, they've blurred the lines of genre more and more with each release. Here singer Teri Gender Bender and her band craft poignant and immediate tracks that while not

Album Reviews: January 28, 2019

Sharon Van Etten - Remind Me Tomorrow (New York City) After bringing a sense of weirdness and real heart to singer-songwriter music and folk, Sharon Van Etten is boldly walking into pop. While there's a lot of sonic exploration on this record, it's still the depth of Etten's own emotions

Album Reviews: November 19, 2018

St. Vincent - MassEducation (Austin, TX) So many artists will put out acoustic collections or sparing bonus versions of their tracks, but so often these tracks can subtract too much. Rather than aesthetically strip her music down, St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) has used an acoustic instrument set to make

Album Reviews: November 12, 2018

Art d'Ecco - Trespasser (Vancouver, BC) Through a complete artistic and aesthetic reinvention, Art d'Ecco has embraced glam-rock in a wonderfully colourful way. Through amazing textures and performances, this record shows off how fun rock can really be when you're earnest but a little unhinged. With keyboards flying furiously on

Album Reviews: November 5, 2018

Marie Davidson - Working Class Woman (Montreal) Through her work as half of Essaie Pas, Marie Davidson has shown us how entrancing her music can be. This solo record however sees the electronic artist pushing expectations to the limits while blurring the lines between music and an outright sonic experience.

Album Reviews: October 22, 2018

Mini Mansions - Works Every Time (Los Angeles) Between their time in projects like Queens of The Stone Age and The Last Shadow Puppets, there's always something interesting on a Mini Mansions record. Though this isn't their largest step forward, they certainly bring a lot of pop fun on this

Album Reviews: October 15, 2018

∆ Alt-J  - Reduxer (Leeds, UK) As a rare dip for indie rock into remixes, Alt-J make for a surprisingly good fit. Retooling their sparse arrangements with some creative minds, the band's friends make totally new songs more often than they just offer up generic dance-versions. As Little Simz jumps
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