Albums
Paragon Cause – What We Started
9/10 I adore an album that feels retro while still hitting you like a breath of fresh air! And man do I ever need some fresh air right now, and a haircut, and more consistent […]
Electronica
Albums
Sheenah Ko – Nowhere in Time
6.5/10 Sheenah Ko is nothing if not a workhorse. She has toured the world with her band Besnard Lakes and legendary musical acts like Lou Reed, The Band, and Barenaked Ladies. And even though she’s […]
Albums
Igorrr – Spirituality and Distortion
10/10 Every now and then, I get introduced to a record that floors me. French cross-genre masters Igorrr are preparing the release of one such album. Spirituality and Distortion, out March 27, 2020 on Metal […]
Albums
Incentive – Happiness
8.5/10 Plunging into a world of darkness and crystalline colors, Happiness, the latest album by Incentive, unfolds into many atmospheres of flowing emotion and depth. Seven lengthy tracks packed with complex definition, many industrial qualities […]
Albums
Spiders Eat Vinyl – Violet Silhouettes
8/10 Violet Silhouettes is the latest release from Manchester UK’s Spiders Eat Vinyl. This EP is a collaboration between the duo of Jonny Freeman (guitar/beats/sequencer), Jack Moxley (keyboard/synths/beats) and vocalist Frances Hall. These partners did […]
Electronica
Piknic Électronik with Bon Entendeur, Djrum, and More—Live at Parc Jean-Drapeau—September 2nd, 2019—Montreal, QC
It was a gloomy start to Labour Day. With the last day of the long weekend—the unofficial end of summer—and a dreary, rain-soaked day ahead, there wasn’t enough coffee in the world to get me […]
Albums
Boycalledcrow – Emerald
6.5/10 The best I can do to describe Boycalledcrows’ sound is “video-gamey.” It sounds like a quest of sorts, 8-bit Nintendo vibes but slightly beefed up. Upon first listen I really wasn’t digging it. I […]
Albums
Ergo Phizmiz- Where We Were When We Weren’t Where We Were
5/10 Step one: prepare for inter-dimensional travel. Step two: ask yourself the five W’s: who, what, when, where, and why. Warning: confusion and disorientation may arise as a result of inter-dimensional travel. Ergo Phizmiz is […]
Albums
Enigmatical – Transmission I
3/10 Enigmatical are a Swedish experimental metal project whose main schtick is combining elements of electronic and of metal music. The latest release, Transmission I, is three tracks of techno instrumentals with occasional black metal […]
Albums
Poseidon’s Alley – Poseidon’s Alley
7/10 On the 2018 self-titled debut from Poseidon’s Alley, Los Angeles-based composer Tim Herscovitch leads the listener through uncharted territories where Dream Theatre and Kavinsky meet. There is something warm and familiar here. I can’t […]