Cheeky – The Star (Album Review)
Cheeky is the solo electronic project of classically trained pianist Kaylee Sabatino, and their latest album “The Star” takes the listener on a mysterious journey. Review by Namya Prabhakar When you start listening to “The Star” by Cheeky, it’s almost as if you’re transported to intergalactic space. There are staticContinue Reading
Managers by Oblivz (EP Review)
Review by Liam Birch Oblivs are an indie-rock duo of Charlie Wilmoth and Andrew Slater, who also play in the band Fox Japan. The five songs across their latest EP “Managers” showcase an exciting immediacy and originality. “Up in the Air” sees a synth-sheened veneer superimposed over a confident,Continue Reading
August, Yours Truly – Performance of a Lifetime (Album Review)
August, Yours Truly is the moniker of one Taylor Elliott from Niagra Falls, Ontario. On their latest album, “Performance of a Lifetime”, Elliott lays every ounce of their being on the table for the audience to see, creating a vivid journey of self-discovery through complex and imaginative auditory worlds.Continue Reading
Love and Everything Depressing by Disco Puppet (Album Review)
The fragility of humanity can be a frightening concept to process. Contemplating your inevitable expiration certainly doesn’t put you in a chirpy mood. Things happen; freak accidents, unavoidable situations, and the deterioration of health, both physical and mental are just some of the roadworks that can pop-up on our paths.Continue Reading
Time Room – Something New (Album Review)
Hailing from Minneapolis, Time Room are a post punk outfit who use frantically changing time signatures, a brash and bright guitar sound, and sense of carefree immediacy to create wonderfully playful rock music. Their latest album “Something New” has a stylistic cohesion across its eight tracks. Blending garage rock withContinue Reading
Interview: BallinaPunx release “The Last Gig at Emmett’s” by Shithatt
Ballina, County Mayo, population ten thousand, used to be the biggest town in the county. In the early twentieth century, that distinction was transferred to the growing Castlebar, some forty kilometres away. Today, Ballina is a known destination for salmon fishing and attracts anglers from around the country. It isContinue Reading
Evan J Cartwright – bit by bit (Album Review)
Birds and bells sound for different reasons. Where birds sing for territorial and nesting purposes, bells knell for the passing of time. Yet they are both auditory fixtures of our human existence, sound symbolisms conjuring up memories and cultural experiences. The melody of birds and rhythm of bells orchestrate dailyContinue Reading
Interview: Jane Bruckner
Jane Bruckner is a Nova Scotian ambient musician and visual artist whose economic sense of environment imbues her work with a refined edge. Inspired by the artist Agnes Martin, her debut collection Agnes was released in March 2022 and features five blissfully compelling tracks. There’s an elegant charm to Bruckners’Continue Reading
Minm are Creating a Grassroots Solution to Ethical Streaming
Daniel Ek, founder, and CEO of Spotify has always put forward that Spotify values growth over profits. This yarn reminds me of the exploits of Gregor MacGregor, a nineteenth-century Scottish con man who made a fortune by getting people to invest in his fictional country of Pioyala. MacGregor duped theContinue Reading
Hulm – Do you have a minute? (Album Review)
Given that this collection was released on April 1st, one might mistake it for a practical joke. A general lack of seriousness is communicated throughout, from the comically absurd cover art to the track titles that spell out “A MINUTE”, “Do you have a minute?” sees Hulm create bastardisations ofContinue Reading