JENNY HVAL’s new clip asks “Would a woman’s nakedness become ordinary?” News Release from Pitch Perfect PR, January 4, 2017 - Jenny Hval hit a fantastic new stride in 2016, releasing one of the most lauded albums of the...
ELEPHANT STONE – Enjoyable sense of pop This Montreal trio taps in the Tame Impala fan base with their catchy indie pop songs that have some psychedelia elements, but also some great soul...
THE BROOKS – The Real Stuff Right from the start, Montreal-based band The Brooks make it clear they've got the funk! And it ain't cheap. The first seconds of Funkyshit highlight...
SOLANGE – The Centre of Attention Being the sister of the Diva of soul must not be an easy place to be for Solange Knowles. A bit like Beyoncé's ex-bandmates of Destiny's Child, she...
MICHAEL KIWANUKA – Personal Drama One by whom the soul revival arrived in the last few years, Michael Kiwanuka strikes back with an amazing album, that goes beyond soul music. He...
FUJIYA & MIYAGI – One-Two Punch Don't you like these 4-song EP's from unknown bands that pop-up out of nowhere with a handful of great songs? Brighton's Fujiya & Miyagi is one...
JESSE MAC CORMACK – Raw Blues In an exclusive RREVERB interview in November 2015, music consultant Pedro Barbosa answered “Jesse Mac Cormack” when I asked him, "Which...
AA – Controlled Chaos Apart from showing up first in the alphabetical order of band listings, it can be an inconvenient to use “Aa” as a band name. Think of Google...
AGNES OBEL – In a Different Mood Agnes Obel is a Danish singer-songwriter that had charmed many ears and hearts with her 2013 album “Aventine". The world met a talented melodist...
Welcome to THE GROWLERS’ Beach Goth! The Growlers is a California based band which has been labeled as Beach Goth, a mixture basically of surf folkish upbeat rhythms and rich in reverb...
AXIS: SOVA – Guitars Occupy! Furious guitars, a voice lost in echo and relentless beat are welcoming new ears on 8 minutes 30 seconds-long Love Identity, the first song of the...
GURR – Gurr Power This two-female band from Berlin is a lot of fun to listen to. Andreya Casablanca and Laura Lee Jenkins create a very dynamic pop punk rock where...
The Rich Music of KING CREOSOTE King Creosote is mainly Kenny Anderson, a 48-year-old musician born in Fife, a peninsula in eastern Scotland. He is also a member of...
GIOVANNI GUIDI – GIANLUCA PETRELLA – Emerging Talents from Italy Almost all the albums that are stamped with the ECM label logo promise to be excellent, or at least, interesting. Each breathes quality. The music of...
OSCAR – The Happy Londoner As soon as the song Sometimes starts and you hear Oscar's voice, you go: "OMG he sounds so much like Morrissey!" Oscar's music is much more happy and...
HOT HOT HEAT – The Final Cut It's an exciting and upbeat album that Montreal-based (but formed in Victoria in 1999) band Hot Hot Heat has delivered with this eponymous record,...
TANGENTS – The Hybrid Album British electronic music producer Ollie Bown (Icarus, Not Applicable); Adrian Lim-Klumpes (Triosk, 3ofMillions) on piano, Rhodes, vibraphone and...
Going for THE KILLS The indie rock duet comprised of American singer Alison Mosshart (that was also part of The Dead Weather, with Jack White) and British guitarist...
HANNAH GEORGAS – Creative Pop is Possible Hannah Georgas is a Canadian singer-songwriter based in Vancouver, which has been noticed in the last few years with Juno nominations. Both her first...
LANA DEL REY – Lost in Melancholy Lana Del Rey is a persona. Most pop stars are. At RREVERB, we don't care what musicians do or wear outside the studio or behind the scenes. We put...
THE TRAGICALLY HIP – The freedom within On May 24, 2016, the world learned very sad news. The Tragically Hip announced that their lead singer and main composer Gordon Downie was hit by...
BRITTA PHILLIPS – When the Magic’s Gone If you are a first-time listener to Britta Phillips when putting the needle on her latest LP "Luck or Magic", you might think she's one of the many...
LIIMA – The Merge Liima with two i's. Album title is two i's. Not sure what this means, but these ten songs are very interesting. The four-piece European band can...
BIG THIEF – Stealing the show Striking guitars (on the fiery Real Love), great melodies (the lovely Masterpiece) and an efficient mix of male / female energy (on Paul) makes the...
PLANTS & ANIMALS – That Montreal Summer Feel… The Montreal trio has gained a lot of experience since their fantastic debut, "Parc Avenue", back in 2008. On top of the 4 albums and 2 EP they made...
ISLANDS – Too Darn Easy Everything seems too easy for the talented musicians that form Islands. In 2016, Nicholas Thorburn, Evan and Geordie Gordon and Adam Halferty...
METHYL ETHEL – Perfect Balance It is tough to find the balance between catchy music and solid artistic direction. Some fall into the more pop side of things (e.g. LaRoux) while...
LAURA SAUVAGE – Extraordinormal Indeed! There has been a trend in the last few years of strong-minded heavy-guitar female musicians that have gathered respect for both their playing and...
IGGY POP – Rebirth at 69 Music legends are falling one after the other. In the last few months, we have said fairwell to Scott Weiland (48 years old) Lemmy (70), Bowie (69),...
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...
LAURA GIBSON – What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger Laura Gibson has been singing folk songs since 2010. Her 4th album "Empire Builder" shows how much experience and talent she has accumulated since...
GREYHOUNDS – Heart and Soul This album is unique. Every song on this album is unique. Greyhounds could be compared as a rock and soul mix of TV on The Radio, The Black Keys with...
ASHLEY RILEY – Pursuing Dreams Ashley Riley is a singer songwriter in the true meaning of the word: her own voice, her own music, her own path. On "All the Pretty Things", she...
CROSS RECORD – Not Every Musician is an Artist… …and not all artists are musicians. Every musician is an artist, but not necessarily at the same level. The ones that target the charts as a goal...
TRSTSS – LoFi Garage Panache Indie hard punk rockers TRSTSS have put out a solid 4-song EP last autumn where we sense influences from power alt-rock à la Strokes (Problems) and...
TY SEGALL – The Strange Animal Indie art-rock freak Ty Segall could have been the persona Gowan was referring to when he sang "You're a Strange Animal, I've got to follow" in 1985...
DONOVAN WOODS – The Woodman’s Vulnerability I first became aware of Ontario-born singer-songwriter Donovan Woods through an UNCUT Magazine Cd Sampler that featured his song, No Time Has Passed...
THE BESNARD LAKES – Makes You Wander Masters of sound Jace Lasek and his band The Besnard Lakes strike again. The Montreal crew that handles the Breaking Glass studio where Jace Lasek...
MEN I TRUST – Perfect Beauty For guys and gals who miss the cool loungy feel of the late 90s that bands like Morcheeba used to infiltrate in our bodies, here's Men I Trust. This...
BASIA BULAT – Pop Goes The World Singer songwriter Basia Bulat, 31, isn't a newcomer anymore. We have been seeing her on every Montreal and Toronto stage since her 1st EP came out in...
