Albums
Rival – Down the Rabbit Hole
3.5/10 Rival, or Rock in Virtually Atomic Levels, are a Montreal rock band here with their latest release Down the Rabbit Hole. This album is sixty minutes of heavy, prog-adjacent rock tunes with a bit […]
Month: April 2020
Albums
Clem Darling and the Astronauts – Mr. Peace Man
4/10 “Is that a penny whistle or a fucking flute?” is not a conversation I want to be having with myself when working on a review for literally anything, yet here I am. Meet Clem […]
Albums
Magazine Beach – Sick Day
6/10 Here’s a banger of an extended play by Washington, DC pop-punkers Magazine Beach. Dubbed Sick Day and released independently on December 13, 2019, this album is 11 minutes of head-banging fun. I really can’t […]
Albums
Aversions – Base Portrait EP
8/10 It’s hard to tell which side Aversions stand on. Are they goofy intellectuals who get a kick out of shoehorning words like “simulacrums” or “kyphosis” into their lyrics or is this all a defence […]
Features
Genres. Yes they exist and yes they apply to you.
I get it guys, I honestly do. You’re a musician and you want to break the mold, stand out in the crowd, and be fucking special and different. But the fact of the matter is […]
Albums
Rearviewmirror: Remembering the 90s – Smash Mouth – Astro Lounge
90s Score: 7.5/102020 Score: 5/10 When I was kid Smash Mouth was unironically my favourite band. I owned their first three albums, wore them out, and then after age eleven never listened to them again. […]
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Archegon – Grief of the Void
8.5/10 Archegon, a Greek blackened hardcore band (or “blackcore” band for short) explode onto the scene with their newest EP Grief of the Void. This record blends melodic elements of Swedish death metal bands like […]
Albums
The Noble Rogues – Automata
4/10 Often when you’re in quarantine or practicing social distancing or whatever the proper terminology is these days, you can feel like the days all seem the same. Is it Saturday or Tuesday? I don’t […]
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The Great Russian Empire – The Yellowbird & The Umbrella
5/10 Montreal native post-rock band The Great Russian Empire come at us with their latest EP, The Yellowbird & The Umbrella, with strong and obvious political leanings and slight How I Met Your Mother vibes. […]
Albums
Sing Again Syren – Time Is a Trip
7.5/10 The wave of nostalgia that hits you like a brick when listening to classic rock brings about a state of euphoria that’s intrinsically sublime. However, there’s also a certain feeling of discontent and hatred […]