November Underground — ‘November Underground,’ 4/5
There are generally two modes when it comes to decade-specific revivalism: those artists who embody a particular aesthetic ideal without committing fully to the sound…
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Rich Aucoin – ‘United States,’ 3.5/5
Like just about every record from Halifax, N.S., pop-maximalist Rich Aucoin’s latest multi-coloured dispatch arrives on the back of a concept. Even so, the sparkling…
The Manitoba Arts Council announces award recipient
Alan Greyeyes, an Indigenous music promoter and mentor of Indigenous artists, is the 2020 recipient of the Manitoba Arts Council’s award of distinction. The Manitoba…
Figure Walking — ‘Vertical/Horizontal,’ 4/5
Figure Walking’s 2017 debut, The Big Other, was lean and thrilling post-punk, a seedy dash through crowded city streets and purple alleyways, all steam and…
Silver Clouds — ‘Silver Clouds,’ 4/5
The artwork for the debut record from Silver Clouds — with its splattered psychedelia and tossed-off lemon slice — recalls immediately the cover of the…
The Prairie Joggers — ‘The Prairie Joggers,’ 4/5
The Prairie Joggers make simple songs with complicated hearts. The Winnipeg duo’s chipper, dust-blown sound is reliant on dense lyricism and memorable melodies rather than…
Ada Lea — ‘Woman, Here,’ 3.5/5
Ada Lea’s debut record, 2019’s What We Say in Private, was a prickly and elastic rock composition, built from bent folk guitars and an itching…
Music in the age of coronavirus
Cody Goertzen and Adam Hill are keeping busy while the world burns outside, attempting to make the most of this collective isolation. “We’re doing okay,”…
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…
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…