album reviews

Slinky, sexy numbers are roaring from my headphones right now. Infused with the sounds of shouting crowds erupting from behind the songs, this is the

Behind a wall of static fog lurks Mount Eerie’s album Ocean Roar. Ocean Roar, released September 4th, is the audio equivalent of the blanket of

The first time I heard a Stars song, “Your Ex-lover is Dead”, I remembered my friend bragging, “you know, they’re Canadian”. There is a reason

From the arresting cover art to the merciless beat of the title track, Failed States nails it down: this is the album of 2012, the

Well, I’m going to just cut to the chase and admit that I don’t really spend a lot of time listening to Finnish Death/Doom/Metal music.

Two Door Cinema Club’s Alex Trimble, Kevin Baird and Sam Halliday are back with a follow-up to their debut album Tourist History, and being somewhat

Whitehorse conjures up a sound of the purest terra Canadiana. Over the arch of its twelve songs, The Fate of the World Depends on this

Finland’s melodic power metal powerhouse Stratovarius’ new live 2-CD set Under Flaming Winter Skies – Live in Tampere, released in North America on August 28,

Gang Signs recently tweeted that they would like to describe their music “as the highs and lows of buying shoes online”.  Internet shoe shopping obviously

Ever wonder what would happen if you put your Butthole Surfers records through a buzz saw? Well, no need to wonder any further (or destroy

Every now and again we find members of well received bands deciding to venture out into the world of solo artists; it’s been as hit-or-miss

Normally, I have a pretty low tolerance for that computerized, radio hip-pop shit that’s popular with the slick mall-rat sect; that’s my first impression based