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Taylor Knox has Love on his mind
The Toronto singer/songwriter's debut full-length album is fuzzy, toe-tapping, summery Canadiana more
Jun 21, 2017 12:23 PM Album reviews
Allie X left Toronto for Los Angeles, and Collxtion II is the result
The pop singer's satisfying debut studio album streamlines her Top 40-friendly instincts more
Jun 21, 2017 11:35 AM Album reviews
Plasmalab's Love / Life is an act of violence against complacency
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's Ti Amo will get you ready for summer
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 capture a Rumours vibe on 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's Dynasty House is their most warped and personal record yet
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
Land of Talk's hopeful Life After Youth heralds Elizabeth Powell's long-awaited return
First album in seven years finds the Montreal-based musician renewed rather than defeated or regretful more
May 17, 2017 5:14 PM Album reviews
Perfume Genius's No Shape refuses to take a straight path through pop
Singer/songwriter Mike Hadreas's beautiful fourth album is his most vivid and joyous release to date more
May 10, 2017 12:22 PM Album reviews
Shamir's second album fails to give us Hope
The Las Vegas singer/songwriter's quickly released new record is worth a listen, but you’ll be done with it within a weekend more
May 9, 2017 4:12 PM Album reviews 1 Comments
Blondie's guest-heavy Pollinator sounds remarkably like Blondie
It’s not like one of the best bands of all time is just going to start recording Sia’s Rihanna rejects more
May 3, 2017 3:01 PM Album reviews
Gorillaz celebrate collectivism and solidarity on Humanz
The fifth album from Damon Albarn's pop group has a multitude of singular voices but a few too many forgettable songs more
May 3, 2017 1:33 PM Album reviews
Del Bel's III starts strong thanks to a Clairmont the Second feature
The musical pairing of Guelph composer Tyler Belluz and Toronto singer/songwriter Lisa Conway is one of the most interesting in Canada more
Apr 25, 2017 3:09 PM Album reviews
Lou Canon goes dark and downtempo on Suspicious
A compelling live performer, the Toronto-based electronic musician's second album is bogged down by effects and atmospherics more
Apr 22, 2017 10:22 AM Album reviews
Kendrick Lamar spins a grand and complex narrative on DAMN.
The Compton rapper's fourth album explores the microcosm of his personal struggles through the macrocosm of society’s ills more
Apr 16, 2017 12:21 PM Album reviews
The New Pornographers' Whiteout Conditions succeeds despite Dan Bejar's absence
The supergroup gets unusually experimental while keeping their bubblegum pop hooks intact more
Apr 6, 2017 12:48 PM Album reviews
Father John Misty's Pure Comedy is one of the first great post-Trump albums
The folk musician tackles politics, celebrity obsession, social media and the environment on his third album more
Apr 5, 2017 2:32 PM Album reviews
Timber Timbre take an unexpected sonic direction on Sincerely, Future Pollution
Meanwhile, the dark absurdity of American politics provides a suitably grim backdrop for the group's fourth album more
Apr 5, 2017 1:40 PM Album reviews
Nelly Furtado ditches glossy dance-pop on The Ride
The Canadian pop singer/songwriter goes indie on her sixth album more
Apr 2, 2017 2:20 PM Album reviews
Mount Eerie's A Crow Looked At Me is unsettlingly personal
Singer/songwriter Phil Elverum's eighth album as Mount Eerie is an intimate chronicle of the weeks and months after his wife died of cancer more
Mar 27, 2017 5:43 PM Album reviews
Bob Dylan's Triplicate is the next piece in the perplexing puzzle that is his recent discography
The folk rock legend takes on more classic American songs, a little more obscure this time around and perfectly executed more
Mar 27, 2017 5:03 PM Album reviews
