album reviews

An alarm clock opens Nobody Realizes This Is Nowhere, and a new day begins for Terry Malts. If their previous album Killing Time was a

Arctic Monkeys are a pack of smooth English animals; lyrically and sonically apt, evolving with every step they take towards perfecting their own kind. Backed

Vancouver-based multimedia artist Crystal Dorval may have just recently started attracting international nods from the likes of SPIN and The Fader for her work as

It has been five years since the last Nine Inch Nails record, 2008’s The Slip, was released. The band’s principal member, Trent Reznor, has been

Crimes of Passion by Crocodiles is a conflicting experience. By that, I mean all the elements are there: the fuzz, the ego, the classic cool,

Far from being a washed-up heap of incomprehensible sounds, Washed Out’s latest go Paracosm sounds like watching a beautiful flowing river in the heat of

Mancunian duo Andy Votel and Sean Canty – two dons of deep, deep crate digging – run and co-run an abundance of respectable labels, with

Music as an art form has been associated with sexuality for a long time. Maybe it’s because listening to music is necessarily a sensual, bodily

Cary Pratt is no new cat on the block. The seasoned Vancouver drummer and percussionist has worked with a reputable list of groups and individuals,

If you don’t like Tech N9ne… well, you’re not alone. The Kansas City rapper tends to alienate some listeners with his dark tone, some with

When you hear the name Freddie Gibbs, what comes to mind? Women? Cars? Drugs? Many would be quick to say he’s “just another rapper”, but

On DVDs of David Lynch movies, there are no chapter stops. Lynch refuses them. He sees his films as dreams, their impact emotional rather than