Vancouver musician Adam Kirschner embodies a sad persona under the name Noble Son. His second album is called Life Isn’t Fun and the title is a good indication of some of the bleak topics you can e...
Album Reviews
Run The Jewels’ ‘RTJ4’ is the soundtrack to a revolution
Run the Jewels’ last album dropped mere weeks after Donald Trump’s election victory. Now, the provocative rap duo returns once again at a time when the world needs a soundtrack to a revolution more...
Lil Yachty’s personality still shines with ‘Lil Boat 3’
There was once a time when it seemed like Lil Yachty was one of the most exciting and disruptive up-and-coming forces in hip-hop music. His endearingly haphazard approach seemed destined to become ...
Lady Gaga’s ‘Chromatica’ is extravagant and personal
After taking a couple diversions from her status as a world-dominating pop star, including a stripped-back country-pop project, a couple of albums of duets with a legendary jazz singer, and becomin...
Bute Street rock some familiar subjects with ‘Sunny Days Hazy Nights’
Alcohol, women, and drugs. You don’t have to look hard to find out what these songs are about, just look at the titles. We’ve got three songs by this Vancouver band by the name of Bute Street, each...
Polarizing and provocative: The 1975 return with ‘Notes On A Conditional Form’
Polarizing and provocative pop-rock outfit The 1975 have only striven harder and harder to make the kind of experimental and mind-opening music to match what often comes across as delusions of gran...
Dear Father’s new EP is sad, and for a good cause
Ted Kim was supposed to go on tour this spring, but those plans fell apart in the wake of the pandemic. The Chilliwack artist performs under the name Dear Father and he’s been making the most of th...
Melo makes a powerful solo debut with ‘Old Master’
Chinese rap mogul Melo of 88rising has returned with a grunge-inspired, powerfully chaotic album titled Old Master. Following successful solo albums from fellow Higher Brothers members KnowKnow and...
Introducing Tambino and his debut EP
Peruvian artist Kam Tambini is the man behind this project. Originally from Lima, Tambini now resides in New York where he is one-third of the experimental trio Glass Gang. He’s ventured into solo ...
Everything certainly is possible with Enter Shikari
“Is this a new beginning?/Or are we close to the end?” The question opens Enter Shikari’s sixth album, Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible. While the world is in the most uncertain positio...
Algiers cooks up a revolution-ready album in There is No Year
The best bands are the ones that have a style and sound a bit difficult to describe. Algiers do not just fall into this category, they have nuzzled their way in, settled there, and produced a strin...
Wire: punk and post-punk veterans still sharp after 18 albums
Wire forged to the forefront of the UK post-punk scene of the ‘70s-’80s even as The Sex Pistols, The Clash, and The Damned were still putting out punk’s zeitgeist. That’s the charm of Wire: they mo...
