Burs – Holding Patterns (Album Review)
‘Psychedelic’ is an odd genre classification. The ‘psy’ suggests something heady; music that feels like you’ve taken mind-bending narcotics. And while the destination of the genre might be a floaty headspace, the means of transportation needn’t be long-haired chaps wailing out endless guitar solos. This is proven by Torontonian psych-folkContinue Reading
Memory Constructions by Jakob Lindhagen (Album Review)
Music and memory have an important connection. Not only does music help us conjure old memories, but it also helps create new ones. “Our memories play such a huge part of our identities, yet they are extremely unreliable,” writes Swedish artist Jakob Lindhagen in a text accompanying his new album “MemoryContinue Reading
Single Reviews – 10 October 2022 – Sasha & The Bear – Rival Consoles – Penny
Photo by Markus Spiske Sasha & The Bear – Wake Me Up pop As intrinsically annoying and intentionally attention-grabbing as pop music is, not even chin-stroking music academics can deny its redemptive power. On a song like “Wake Me Up” by Sasha & The Bear, one can get a simpleContinue Reading
The Dead Shakers – Some Shapes Reappear (Album Review)
Somewhere in the hilly city of Burlington, Vermont, Kevin Bloom is experiencing something profound. Perhaps it’s deep thought about the ethics of eating animals or something more personal like the futility of living in the past. Regardless of the specific content of Bloom’s mind, it’s likely to come out asContinue Reading
Nadia Kamrath – Confessions (EP Review)
Being fragile in a world where stoicism is seen as the highest virtue is difficult. We are often forced to harden our soft inner nature to better fit society’s hard edges. And while fragile people can be beacons of light in our cruel world, showing us all the precious yetContinue Reading
Single Reviews – 20 September 2022 – Joan of Arkansas, Rook Monroe, Herman Hitson, Longheads, Josh Cana
Photo by Alexandra Smielova Joan of Arkansas – Erase Me indie rock Joan of Arkansas immediately get points for having a pun as a name. Thankfully, wordplay is not the only source of amusement from this sludge pop band from Phoenix, Arizona, who claim to have formed “through Tinder andContinue Reading
Single Reviews – 18 September 2022 – Eugenia Post Meridien, Arny Margret, Yop, The Backseat Lovers, Le Days
Photo by Aleksandr Neplokhov Eugenia Post Meridiem – willpower alternative rock There’s a whimsical coolness to Eugenia Post Meridiem’s new single “willpower”. The group, from Italy, casually merge funk phrases with indie rock. Consisting of two Matteos and one Giovanni, the group set an ambitiously fun arty funk rock againstContinue Reading
Noise Between The Shades by Melting Palms (Album Review)
The act of dreaming has long baffled even the brightest minds. While the accepted theory that dreams are random events helps to show function, it ignores the highly emotional aspect of dreaming. Nevertheless, dreams are one of the most incredible things about life. Waking life is generally painful, am IContinue Reading
Single Reviews – 13 September 2022 – Cypher – Oisin Mod – Ivory Fields – Sorcha Richardson – Victor Bomì
Photo by Kaan Keskin Cypher – ground Electronic Cypher is a collaboration between artists arad acid, exael, mu tate & a special guest DJ. Environmental electronica is the order of the day on this sterling cut from the upcoming album “APPX:10 Glasgow”. Glitchy drums softly spread across the mix likeContinue Reading
Katie Kim – Hour of the Ox (Album Review)
Oxen hold a peculiar position in Chinese culture. The motif of this archetype communicates strength, diligence, and longevity, but also monotony and persistence; like a personal trainer who you will enjoy hanging out with but who you will also hate for pushing you past your limits. Not surprisingly, the yearContinue Reading