The BEST OF 2017 Ultimate Playlist 2017 is almost over. But it brought great music! Again this year, tons of records flew our way, and we thought of bringing the best of them in a...
AMENRA “A true scream should hurt.” (Exclusive Interview) No less than five years were needed for AMENRA to come up with a new album. It is the time it took to find the emotional and mental resources to fuel...
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...
THE BARR BROTHERS – Constant Craving The Montreal band keeps on growing, musically and crowd-size speaking, as they release albums that are always better and stronger than the previous...
BING & RUTH – Escape Bing & Ruth is a musical and conceptual project led by pianist David Moore. As a former student of The New School of Jazz in NYC, Moore wishes to...
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HA HA TONKA – The New Model Formerly known as Amsterband up until 2007, Ha Ha Tonka is a band originally formed in West Plains, Missouri in 2005. They renamed themselves after...
The Soft Panache of GRIZZLY BEAR It's been a little while since the hype years of Grizzly Bear. I remember, back in 2005 or 2006, when the Brooklyn-based band were filling the city's...
COMMON HOLLY – Confidence and Vulnerability Brigitte Naggar, a.k.a. Common Holly, is part of this new generation of female singer-songwriters that are strong and sensible at the same time....
THE WAR ON DRUGS – Continuity The long-awaited follow-up to The War on Drugs' breakthrough album "Lost in the Dream" finally arrived on August 25, 2017, after intensive touring...
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM – Living the Dream Wow, now here's a great album! And what a great comeback for LCD Soundsystem, who went on hiatus in April 2014! There are lots of Bowie and Byrne...
THE VINYL HUNTER: Where to Go in Brooklyn NYC As a seasoned music enthusiast and vinyl hunter, here is a guide to the best stores where to find the best music in the great New York City. We'll...
POP MONTREAL 2017 – Day 2: The Underdogs Won Thursday night was a night of choices at POP. Too many great bands were playing simultaneously in different venues of Montreal and difficult...
The POP MONTREAL 2017 Playlist Having a tough time trying to decide to which show to go among the 400+ bands at POP Montreal this year? Me too. So, let's listen to few bands...
The Most Intriguing Bands at POP MONTREAL 2017 With over 400 bands playing in a single week at POP Montreal every year, it's hard to keep up. Especially when 392 of them are mostly unknown bands...
The Great New INDIE ROCK Songs of 2017 In this playlist, you'll hear mostly indie rock (and a few pop) artists that have released awesome songs in 2017. You'll hear Courtney Barnett &...
The Cool Life of LONDON O’CONNOR Great lo-fi synths and a cool lazy voice welcome you on "O∆" (pronounce “Circle Triangle”), the latest release from NYC via San Diego-based...
SUMMER’S NOT OVER Playlist August is already finished, and while the pessimist in all of us might want to drivel about how fast the last three months have passed, there are...
GRIGORY SOKOLOV – Pure, simple, transcendental genius To call this masterwork a delight is to damn it with the faintest of praise and make a meaningless nonsense of the word. A few years ago, the...
SPOON – SPIRAL STAIRS – ROBYN HITCHCOCK – No substitute for Experience TRIO OF VETERANS DELIVER THE GOODS! Here are our reviews of 3 new albums from experienced musicians who still got it! SPIRAL STAIRS – DORIS AND...
‘RADIO’ RUTLAND # 3 – Old Man G-Spot’s Groove Thangs – The Nitty-Gritty Dirty Issue AFGHAN WHIGS - IN SPADES - new album. Historically (and the Whigs have plenty of history) one could perhaps label the Whigs a bit hit and miss over...
MYRIAD3 – It’s All in the Details My evening started at the Club Jazz stage, near the Gésù, where Toronto trio Myriad3 were finishing a few of their own compositions and were...
NEIL COWLEY TRIO – On the Edge If The Bad Plus are the most rock of all jazz bands, English musicians in Neil Cowley's Trio probably are the most jazz of all rock bands! At the...
BRIA SKONBERG – Jazz is Fun! Classic jazz and the repertoire from the 40s is the type of music that is fun to rediscover. That was the pop music of the avant-guerre era!...
LOLA MARSH – The Soft Parade There is something charming about the way Lola Marsh's music gets under your skin. At first, it may sound thin, and maybe some songs aren't...
SHABAKA & THE ANCESTORS – No Frontiers! It is quite a feast that the six-piece band from South Africa served the public at the Gésù last night, at the Montreal Jazz Fest. Afrobeat, free...
XENIA RUBINOS – YOLO, Baby! Brooklyn based musician Xenia Rubinos was back in Montreal, as she had promised after her technically disastrous, but creatively awesome show at the...
BUCKINGHAM-McVIE – On with the show There are a couple of points that need to be cleared up, right off the bat, before going any further with this review of the much anticipated...
WE ARE MONROE – Zone Out We Are Monroe represent a part of that unique indie rock sound that has been a part of Montreal before Arcade Fire amassed critical success and what...
The Best of Canada in London on July 1st! New Release from Polaris Prize, TORONTO - Monday May 15th, 2017 - The Polaris Music Prize is going to London, England. More specifically, 2014...
SPOON – Life’s Surprises! 2014's "They Want My Soul" was supposed to be the last Spoon album ever. The Austin, Texas-based band's leader Britt Daniel had announced it, and...
BRIDGET KEARNEY – Groovy baby Accomplished bass player and backing vocalist for Boston’s acclaimed soul-pop outfit Lake Street Drive; Bridget Kearney steps out on her own for...
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....
PRIESTS – Veni, vidi, vici. Imagine a band fronted by Chrissie and Siouxsie sharing vocals, Hooky on bass and a supporting cast capable of delivering...
MOON DUO – The Devil’s in the Details The first of two albums dealing with all things arcane and esoteric, on their fourth album together Ripley Johnson (guitars) and Sanae Yamada (keys)...
THE CAIRO GANG – Wrapped in Velvet California-born musician Emmett Kelly plays with a lot of people. From Ty Segall to Bonnie “Prince” Billy to Joan of Arc and Japanese musician...
THE ROLLING STONES – The Blues Masters Keith Richards' solo album "Crosseyed Heart" from 2015 must have shaken Mick Jagger's deeply hidden blues pride. Could rock's oldest millionnaires be...
STING Sees The Light Sting is a great musician. It's easy to be impressed by his amazing career, from his days in The Police (1977-1984), which hailed itself as one of...
JIM JAMES – Hiding in Plain Sight Waves of ominous, swirling keys and treated guitars welcome you aboard Jim James second solo album “Eternally Even” and it takes a minute before...
