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No longer on the cutting edge of a movement, the Toronto duo delivers a meat-and-potatoes rock record more suited to headbanging than dancing more

Sep 14, 2017 4:44 PM Album reviews

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The Toronto-based group’s second album is rough around the edges and better off for it more

Sep 6, 2017 4:13 PM Album reviews

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The ex-Crystal Castles singer still knows how to unleash a bone-rattling wail, but her self-titled EP channels that rage into more focused and clear pop songwriting more

Aug 22, 2017 11:01 AM Album reviews

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The polarizing Toronto singer's debut full-length demonstrates growth, but his signature one-liners haven't gone anywhere more

Aug 18, 2017 3:30 PM Album reviews

Kesha Rainbow

On both killer songs and filler, the singer sounds like she’s having so much fun – and who would deny her that at this point? more

Aug 17, 2017 2:01 PM Album reviews

Aron D'Alesio

The former Young Rival singer's self-titled album is idiosyncratically crafted and nostalgically familiar more

Aug 17, 2017 1:03 PM Album reviews

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The rising Toronto R&B and soul musician's debut full-length is a beautiful account of a 20-something falling in and out of love more

Aug 16, 2017 7:55 PM Album reviews

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But the Katie Crutchfield-led band's fourth record feels under-written and over-performed when considered alongside many of the great recent reissues from grunge-pop’s heyday more

Aug 10, 2017 1:28 PM Album reviews

Mappe Of

The Whitby singer/songwriter brings Bon Iver to mind, but his meticulous arrangements and gorgeous melodies set him apart from the indie folk pack more

Jul 24, 2017 1:19 PM Album reviews

Arcade Fire Everything Now

An ironic, irreverent tone renders some songs frivolous, but Everything Now comes in for a smooth landing by the end more

Jul 19, 2017 4:15 PM Album reviews

New Swears

But don't let that fool you into thinking the songs on third album And The Magic Of Horses are simplistic more

Jul 13, 2017 3:50 PM Album reviews

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The Los Angeles trio's second album builds on a lot of the same ingredients that made their 2013 debut so memorable more

Jul 7, 2017 5:13 PM Album reviews

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The rap star's 14th album works despite its flaws – and partly because of them more

Jul 5, 2017 12:05 PM Album reviews

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And it's damn good. more

Jun 28, 2017 2:54 PM Album reviews

Taylor Knox Love

The Toronto singer/songwriter's debut full-length album is fuzzy, toe-tapping, summery Canadiana more

Jun 21, 2017 12:23 PM Album reviews

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The pop singer's satisfying debut studio album streamlines her Top 40-friendly instincts more

Jun 21, 2017 11:35 AM Album reviews

Plasmalab

All you can think about while listening to the Toronto noise-punks debut album is how you want to start a band – though it will not be as good more

Jun 15, 2017 5:27 PM Album reviews

Phoenix Ti Amo

The French band's sixth album comes stocked with deck-shoegaze, nu-yacht rock and disco jams more

Jun 7, 2017 11:42 AM Album reviews

Tops Sugar At The Gate

At a time when DIY sometimes suggests the heedless jettisoning of any frills, the Montrealers are refreshingly fussy overachievers more

May 31, 2017 2:29 PM Album reviews

Hooded Fang

It's hard to believe that this is the same Toronto band that made 2010's self-titled album more

May 19, 2017 1:02 PM Album reviews

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