Track By Track: Glutenhead – Glutenhead Phil September 5, 2020 Earlier this year saw the release of one of my favourite tracks of the year, 'Naked in Toronto', by local Toronto outfit Glutenhead. Back at the start of the summer, they released their self-titled EP, marking ...
Track By Track: Safari Room – Look Me Up When You Get There Phil August 3, 2020 Following the premiere of Safari Room's 'Young Water', the boys recently dropped their debut album, Look Me Up When You Get There. The Nashville-based trio reflects on heavier times and how the advice and c...
Track By Track: Jane Blanchard – Still, Again Phil July 6, 2020 Following Jane Blanchard's 2018 EP 'Enemy' featuring the orchestrated drumming of Stefan Westner, the duo reunite for her third release, Still, Again. Through five tracks, Blanchard reflects on friendships, hom...
Track By Track: Holy Hive – Float Back To You Phil June 27, 2020 Singer/guitarist Paul Spring and drummer Homer Steinweiss first met in 2005 on a Minnesota farm and soon began working on a long-distance folk project between Minnesota and New York. It wasn't until 2015 that t...
Track By Track: Laveda – What Happens After Phil June 18, 2020 On their debut album, What Happens After, Laveda (Jacob Brooks and Ali Genevich) explores the great yawning unknown. From the freedom and uncertainty that rests at your fingertips or the distant and possibly de...
Track By Track: People Pretend – Sounds of Kids Babbling Phil June 8, 2020 Those familiar with the defunct Montreal-based experimental pop outfit Look Vibrant may recognize a familiar face in People Pretend. Justin Lazarus is now joined by Max T as People Pretend and they recently rel...
Track By Track: Ludvig Moon – Vanilla Phil May 22, 2020 This month marked the release of Ludvig Moon's sophomore album, Vanilla. It's a project that was never planned for the Oslo-based outfit after a series of despairing events forced them on an indefinite hiatus d...
Track By Track: Fat Heart – Everything Is Phil May 8, 2020 Out of London, UK, the multi-talented newcomer Fat Heart (Jack Bzowski) just released his debut EP Everything Is. Written long into the somnolent night, he explores loss, longing, self-destruction, and blinding...
Track By Track: Earth Moon Transit – Boring Songs For Boring Days Phil April 29, 2020 From Trondheim, Norway, Earth Moon Transit makes shoegazy noise rock with a frail touch of folk. On their new album, Boring Songs For Boring Days, they dial down the wall of sound and introduce a gentler more i...
Track By Track: Nick Storring – My Magic Dreams Have Lost Their Spell Phil March 30, 2020 For the past six years, Toronto-based composer Nick Storring has laboured over his just-released album, My Magic Dreams Have Lost Their Spell. Serving as an homage to Roberta Flack, Storring weaves connections ...
