Sarah Harmer — ‘Are You Gone,’ 4/5
The world looks much different than it did the last time Sarah Harmer released a record. Ten years on from Oh Little Fire, Harmer returns…
Kaelen Bell
Juniper Bush — ‘Healing Through a Sonic Figure,’ 4/5
The corrosive pink that colours Juniper Bush’s press photo is an accurate foretelling of the music the band creates. The acidic shade has a deep…
Basia Bulat — ‘Are You in Love?,’ 4.5/5
To hear Basia Bulat sing is to be reassured — each note feels like a friend’s hand on your knee, understanding and encouraging. Her music…
Cantor Dust — ‘Too Many Stars,’ 3.5/5
As life on Earth grows endlessly louder and hotter, it’s hardly a surprise that the vast quietude of the cosmos seems to beckon. There’s a…
SubCity Dwellers are getting back together for one weekend only
Johannes Lodewyks always knew SubCity Dwellers would find themselves back together — it was simply a question of when. “When we broke up eight years…
Ralph returns to the ’Peg as headliner
Raffaela Weyman, better known as the independent pop machine Ralph, described the scenery as she drove from Austin to Houston en route to the final…
Prairie singer-songwriter sets sights on horizon
Though he shares a name with his hometown, Siegs Corner, Cohen Sieg’s sights are set far beyond the fields of rural Manitoba. Sieg described himself…
The best is yet to come for the Blue Stones
As drummer Justin Tessier tells it, his band is only just beginning to find its sound. Since independently releasing a series of EPs and a…
William Prince — ‘Reliever,’ 4.5/5
There are few joys more nourishing than finding music that embraces you with sadness rather than letting you wallow — music that is rich with…
Plain as Ghosts — ‘Sleepless Shadow,’ 3.5/5
How one understands Plain as Ghosts will depend largely on how they contextualize its brand of thunderously precise rock. If well versed in the unfortunate…