Before recording his debut full-length album, Kris Ulrich wasn’t sure that he would ever make another record. “I was kind of caught between two roles of like being a side person and playing guitar for...

”For years and years, I guess I was lonely” is the first line on Ducks, and it’s the first of many profound shifts in perspective that are framed as perfectly mundane — the rest...

Multi-disciplinary artist and U.S. Girls mastermind Meg Remy never stays in the same place creatively for too long.  The Illinois-born, Toronto-based songwriter started the project over a decade ago as a vehicle for experimental explorations,...

In the post-Phoebe Bridgers indie landscape, confessional songwriting has become the standard, and the more gut-wrenching the better.  But what gets lost in this chase for authenticity is what makes confessional songs actually great —...

After dark, after hours, demon time, scary hours. Things slow down at night, things feel different in the dark, and the spirits and emotions that stay hidden during the day rise up. We all have dark...

Saskatchewan-born singer-songwriter Andy Shauf is a consummate storyteller. This reputation has followed him around for his entire career, and he seems quite happy to perpetuate it.  Shauf’s earlier work fit firmly into the storytelling idiom...

How was your childhood? Did you ever lie awake at night in bed, watching shadows crawl across your walls?  Did you zone out staring at the ceiling as patterns appeared in its texture? Did you...