Single Reviews (Page 28)

Sometimes, you have to start again. After playing in the post-punk band Sandcastle, the Toulon-based musician Thomas Ferrandes reinvisioned his musical language through Farewell Wise Man, an anything-goes instrumental musical project that touches on ambient, art rock, and industrial dance. His debut album, Peace Lines, is a transitory and succinctContinue Reading

“Will we ever cease to believe in wrong cosmologies?” is the question posed by Italian-Canadian sound artist Dominic Sambucco on his recent EP, Relative Cosmologies. Relative Cosmologies by Dominic Sambucco A composer and filmmaker, Sambucco’s work is just as visceral as you might expect and features subtle use of organicContinue Reading

The problem with the present is that you can never really see it. According to NPR: “When you look at the mountain peak 30 kilometres away, you see it not as it exists now but as it existed a 1/10,000 of a second ago.” While enough to induce disassociation, theContinue Reading

On their self-titled EP, Portlander indie-rock outfit Baby Grendel craft winning tunes underpinned by an uninhibited capacity for expression and an ability to build colourful worlds via jangly and roaming art rock. Combining the sensibilities of guitarist and vocalist Jonathan Suarez and drummer Joe Mengis, the duo are often brightlyContinue Reading