Category Archives: reviews
Alcoholic Faith Mission — Free Download and This One You Need!
Maybe it’s the way that “Sobriety Up and Left” hits me that first made me fall in love with Alcoholic Faith Mission, but now it’s so much more than that. I can say with absolute honesty that Alcoholic Faith Mission … Continue reading
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10 albums from 2011 that I will finally listen to in 2012
I’ll be honest: I didn’t do a very good job of staying in touch with the wider world of music last year. I paid attention to the best in local music here in Toronto, and there were a couple of … Continue reading
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Free Download: “Midnight Orion” by Toronto’s Decommunication
If you read my year-end list that went up before the Christmas break, you probably noticed that I put Tycho‘s album Dive on there. I loved that album a lot, and now I’ve just stumbled upon a Toronto artist that … Continue reading
How Different Skeletons Defied Expectations
Some people play music just as a hobby. Some people play it to make a career out of it. Some do it because they feel they have to, that life isn’t complete without it. Others just do it because they … Continue reading
Summer Vacation’s Condition Stream & Review
I’ve mentioned before — when reviewing artists on the punk side of the indie spectrum — that there seems to be a new generation of bands who aren’t content playing just punk or indie music. Bands like Joyce Manor and By Surprise have … Continue reading
You Wanna Kiss About It? Bulletproof Tiger suggest that you might…
Bulletproof Tiger are a ferocious beast of insanely tight instrumental post-rock. Their passion brought them from Windsor to Toronto to continue to chase their musical goals. Bulletproof Tiger isn’t (yet) a household name here in the Toronto music scene, … Continue reading
Twenty Of My Favourite Records From 2011
Here we go again! As usual, this year I started with an obscenely long list of albums and then whittled it down to twenty. Things got pretty cut-throat when it came to dropping bands off the list — it seriously hurt … Continue reading
Review & Stream Of Tearjerker’s Brand New LP “Rare”
Toronto’s Tearjerker are the kind of band that I wouldn’t be surprised to see blow up in the coming months. Their brand new album Rare comes almost a full year after their LP Strangers, which received a ton of great press from … Continue reading
Free Cursed Arrows “Skin Behind The Shroud” EP Download
It has been a banner year for Cursed Arrows, not only did they release their Death Rattle Blues EP on cassette, and The Madness Of Crowds — the follow-up to 2009′s critically acclaimed LP Telepathic High Five — but now their brand new Skin … Continue reading
Stream New Tearjerker Single Off Upcoming LP “Rare”
I’ve been a fan of Toronto’s own Tearjerker ever since I stumbled upon their fantastic LP Strangers, and subsequently their album of remixes and covers called Strangers Remade. Most recently, they’ve released a new single “So Dead” off of their … Continue reading
