Tunes Review
The Odd Future Tape Vol. 2
By • March 30, 2012
These days it’s kind of hard to ignore unorthodox rap collective Odd Future (a.k.a OFWGKTA). Whether it’s inciting riots in public, selling out shows …
Tunes Review
Tunes Review – WZRD
WZRD – Self-titled
By • March 23, 2012
You got to hand it to these guys—WZRD is a pretty decent name for a rock band.
Made up of magic mushroom-inspired rapper Kid Cudi …
Tunes Review – Push Record
Mike Stevens and Matt Andersen - Push Record
By • March 23, 2012
The theme of Push Record is simplicity. The title track is meant to reflect how far Matt Andersen and Mike Stevens took this theme, …
Tunes Review: Plants and Animals — The End of That
Montreal trio gets growing pains
By • March 9, 2012
The title of Plants and Animals’ third LP, The End of That, especially resonates with those who are about to finish their four-year stay …
Tunes Review: Otis Taylor – Contraband
Otis Taylor is no ordinary bluesman.
By • March 2, 2012
Contraband is the latest installment in Taylor’s Trance Blues Project, his ambitious, over-a-decade-long effort to create a highly idiosyncratic style of music that sounds very …
Tunes Review: Bahamas – Barchords
The album isn’t all optimistic
By • February 10, 2012
The first thing I noticed about Afie Jurvanen’s (aka Bahamas) sophomore album, Barchords, was how refreshing simplicity can be. It’s clear from the clever …
Gorillaz
The Singles Collection 2001-2011
By • January 20, 2012
My one main regret in life is not seeing the Gorillaz on their first world tour.
I was 14, I had never been to a …
Tunes review: Kathleen Edwards – Voyageur
The album title perfectly encompasses Edwards’ love of Canada, and the emotions expressed in the album.
By • January 20, 2012
Much of the hype for Kathleen Edwards’ new album, Voyageur, comes from curiosity about her collaboration with Justin Vernon (aka Bon Iver), her co-producer …
Tunes Review: Björk – Biophilia
At a time when music critics are putting the finishing touches on their year-end best-of lists, one album oddly underrepresented is Icelandic singer Björk’s eighth studio album, Biophilia.
By • January 13, 2012
At a time when music critics are putting the finishing touches on their year-end best-of lists, one album oddly underrepresented is Icelandic singer Björk’s …
Ben Caplan’s long-awaited album makes its Halifax debut
By • November 4, 2011
Ben Caplan’s album was actually done a year and a half ago. A release date came and went, and In the Time of the …
