CEDRIC IM BROOKS – Closer Together One of my great pleasures in life is to spend time in used vinyl records store and look for rare gems. To discover artists that I never heard of, or...
DAVID FRIESEN – Double Bass Masterclass In the 70s, there weren't that many double bass players that could rivet an audience to their seat with a solo performance. Tacoma-born David Friesen...
SANDVEISS or How to Rock Today Hard rock band Sandveiss are the answer to the seminal question: "Nobody rocks like Led Zep or Sabbath today." Hell yeah there is. Montreal rockers...
DESTROY BABYLON – Killer Character This 5-song EP from the Boston band Destroy Babylon offers very cool roots reggae, horns heavy, on top of the usual rhythm section. On Bad Draw, the...
MUDCRUTCH – Back to the Future Mudcrutch is the most famous band you never heard of. Mudcrutch is also a strong testament of how a rock'n'roll legend is true to his friends....
JOSEPH ARTHUR – Owning Lou Reed New York musician and painter Joseph Arthur has been a Lou Reed fan for the longest time. When the Velvet Underground leader passed away on October...
DAVID BOWIE – Who is he, really? We all know how the great late David Bowie changed music styles many times, always being ahead of the trends, keeping a cool factor throughout his...
DAN SAN – Close to me Now, this is an interesting album. I found it a bit by accident as I always throw all new albums we receive at RREVERB into a random mix in my cell...
TRAVIS – This guy’s got soul Back in late 90s, rock music was reinventing itself (as it is constantly doing), somewhere between lounge music, electronic experiments as grunge...
AIR paved the way Before Daft Punk took the pop world by storm with Get Lucky, the most prominent French band outside of France was Air. At the turn of the century...
GIRLS IN HAWAII – The Missed One There aren't many albums that are focused on the death of a loved one that are fun to listen to. Belgian indie rock band Girls in Hawaii have...
JON COHEN – Smooth Talking, Groove Dancing I had noticed Jon Cohen's musical project in 2006 when his “Self-titled” album landed in my Inbox, when I was writing for the indie rock magazine...
The Art of Songwriting: 10 Rare Gems by LOU REED Great rock musicians have left us in recent years. Two years before David Bowie’s passing, his long-time friend Lou Reed, founder and leader of the...
10 Deeper-hidden Gems by PAUL McCARTNEY I could’ve never predicted the success of my Paul McCartney Hidden Gems piece but then again, Paul is still selling out arenas and stadiums around...
10 FT GANJA PLANT – Grows on ya’ Great roots reggae are hard to find these days. Melodies and arrangements are important in reggae that, otherwise, can become a very redundant music...
OUR BOOK AND THE AUTHORS – Many Pens, One Style The Montreal-based band serves great music on its 2015 EP. Electro jazzy songs like Bus Ride are somehow a mix of very different types of ambiances....
10 Hidden Gems by PAUL McCARTNEY This will be the first installment of a series that, I hope, will help you discover songs you weren’t familiar with, from artists you’re probably...
OLAFUR ARNALDS & ALICE SARA OTT : A Bold Reinvention of Chopin’s Work Composer Olafur Arnalds took the bold bet to re-write Chopin's music. In a pop or rock, we would say that he "covered" Chopin: he brings a new...
Who Will Mend ANGELA DESVEAUX’s Broken Heart? Angela Desveaux signs beautifully. We don't get to hear her enough. It has been seven years since this small format blonde Montrealer has released an...
BELLE & SEBASTIAN The Golden Era Scottish band Belle & Sebastian are the quintessential indie pop band. Throughout their 19 year career, they've always stayed outside the...
The grey, brown and passé atmosphere of LOU DOILLON Produced by Etienne Daho (80's French pop music icon), Lou Doillon's first album came out on September 3rd, 2012. Daughter to Jane Birkin and Jacques...
SMOKEY – The Resurrection of Rock’s Gay Icon This is a puzzling album. One could ask "How Far Will They Go?" in blending genres. Smokey can create pretty funky beats - like on I'll Always Love...
On MICHAEL BROWN’s Death and Pretty Ballerina Michael Brown passed away March 19, 2015. He was sixty five years old and his musical career had spanned for almost half a century. He recorded some...
CAT POWER reaches for the Sun In 2012, indie lo-fi folk artist Cat Power stunned her fans with an album that was more upbeat than anything she had ever done - by far! Nowhere in...
Your Travel Guide to World Music pt 3: ANOUSHKA SHANKAR’s travels (Here is the 3rd installment of Galileo's Travel Guide to World Music series) The music of India is quite possibly one of the most famous...
PJ HARVEY: the “Almost There” album In 1998, English rocker PJ Harvey released her 4th album, entitled "Is This Desire?". At the time, it was perceived as a record where experimentation...
Blown away by Em Pompa’s BELLFLOWER "The Lotus Factor” is an album that I keep pressing play whenever I want to escape from my lovely jazz world. Blown away by the feelings of this...
ALDEN PENNER’s voice needs to be heard During the endless 2014 winter, ex-Unicorns and ex-Clues frontman Alden Penner created an album that crystalized his solo experience. "Exegesis" was...
Best Forgotten Songs of the 80s There were some great songs in the 80s. Some were one-hit wonders from bands we never heard back from. Some were made by some of the greatest artists...
