Review: Musk Ox – “Inheritance” August 3, 2021 Inheritance, the third outing from Canadian chamber folk trio Musk Ox and the follow-up to their critically acclaimed 2014 LP, Woodfall, begins modestly with the… Continue Reading
Review: Big|Brave – “Vital” May 10, 2021 There are things that rock bands, even the unconventional ones, can get away with in a live setting ― one with a living, breathing… Continue Reading
Review: Cat Clyde – “Good Bones” June 15, 2020 Calling something “old-timey” can be a flat-out misnomer. The history of recorded music remains too new, relatively speaking, to know what signatures were writ… Continue Reading
Review: Raphael Weinroth-Browne – “Worlds Within” January 17, 2020 Reconsideration, at least in this writer’s case, has been very kind to Raphael Weinroth-Browne. I was introduced last year to the Canadian cellist and… Continue Reading
Review: Alder & Ash – “The Crowneater” November 27, 2019 There’s no place to enter The Crowneater – the new LP from Alder & Ash, out Dec. 6 via Mendicant – because the whole… Continue Reading
Review: Tunic – “Complexion” January 22, 2019 There’s a problem with Complexion, the bombastic full-length debut outing from Canadian trio Tunic, out Feb. 8 via Self Sabotage/Super Secret, and it keeps… Continue Reading
Review: Saleeha – “Come Wander Through The Pale Dark” April 19, 2018 As Saleeha, the Australian-born, Vancouver-based Max Buchanan makes meditative, slowly unfurling soundscapes that, surprisingly enough, do not echo or mime fellow Vancouver-based ambient artist… Continue Reading
