Back-to-school tunes for the 2024-25 academic year
The start of a school year is an excellent time to listen to new music. This is, of course, because every day of the year…
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4/5 Stars Led by Montreal-based singer-songwriter Elizabeth Powell, Land of Talk has strayed rather drastically from its standard formula with its new record, Performances. Land…
Bodywash, ‘I Held the Shape While I Could’ — 3.5/5 Stars
Shoegaze and dream pop, the perennial buzz genres of the indie world, are by this point a little stale. Breaking through the noise is a…
Nicholas Krgovich, ‘Ducks’ — 4/5 Stars
”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…
U.S. Girls, ‘Bless This Mess’ — 3/5 Stars
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…
Andy Shauf, ‘Norm’ — 4/5 Stars
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…
Mac DeMarco, ‘Five Easy Hot Dogs’ — 3/5 Stars
Over the past 10 or so years, in the shadow of the ’00s indie boom, by my estimation only two artists from the sphere have…
Dangler, ‘Sunny Day Lake Music’ — 4.5/5 Stars
Sunny Day Lake Music is both a completely apt and ironic way to name the debut compilation EP from Dangler. There is a sort of…
meadows, ‘walking music’ — 4/5 Stars
What do you think about when you go for a walk? For me, a walk is how I make sense of things, the time when…
Julianna Riolino, ‘All Blue’ — 4/5 Stars
On her first album, Julianna Riolino is already entering her blue period, looking at her past and the musical past with a newfound clarity. Up…