Review – White Poppy & Gretchen Snakes – White Poppy & Gretchen Snakes
reviewed by Chris Matei As a meeting of two of the Vancouver area’s most eclectic musical minds (the lush, distorted soundscapes of Crystal Dorval, aka. White Poppy, and gritty punkers Nu Sensae’s...
View ArticleReview –“Tasty Blue”– James D. Bryan
reviewed by Laura Stanley James D. Bryan has the blues in his latest record Tasty Blue – the choice of shirt on the album cover is perhaps a happy mistake or chosen for the occasion. But the album is...
View ArticleReview –“Dearestly”– Lauren Mann
reviewed by Eleni Armenakis Four years, as anyone will tell you, is a surprisingly long time—even if in hindsight it can feel like it flew by. And that universal rule holds true even for Lauren Mann,...
View ArticleReview –“Another Meal” EP – Old Confetti
reviewed by Chris Matei Let’s start with that name: Old Confetti! The label on the tin of this Vancouver-based three piece suggests bright, shimmery moments of hazed out bliss that have been pulled...
View ArticleReview –“The Deep End”– Emily In The Headlights
reviewed by Chris Matei I admit, I’m faintly acquainted with Emily in the Headlights through their frontman, Kalum Utley; however, it’s not familiarity made in the musical sense but through regular...
View ArticleReview –“Be Careful, Be Quiet” – My Dearest Friends
Welcome to Throwback Week 2017! Each year, our writers tackle older albums we have yet to cover on the blog. This year, we’re covering albums released in 2013 or earlier. reviewed by Jackson Reed My...
View ArticleReview –“Shake”– BOUSADA
reviewed by Kaitlin Ruether A month and a half ago, my partner and I did what Graeme Bousada — artistically known as BOUSADA — contemplates on his track “North Park”: we left Victoria to move East....
View ArticleReview –“Knots”– Pastel Blank
reviewed by Kaitlin Ruether Imagine the piercing guitar lines of Dinosaur Jr. meeting the sublime melodies of Said the Whale. Now stop imagining and press play on Pastel Blank’s debut release, Knots....
View ArticleReview –“Stories from the Northwest”– Saltwater Hank
reviewed by Laura Stanley I have grown weary and wild-eyed and long to escape the city and live in the country. For now though, Saltwater Hank’s Stories from the Northwest provide a refuge from city...
View ArticleReview –“three songs for summer 2018”– Everything is Geometry
reviewed by Michael Thomas Another year, another extremely straightforward album title from the wildly fun Everything is Geometry. They’ve recorded a few things here and there since their last...
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