This debut solo disc from Texas’ Tif Ginn is at once a fresh sounding 12 tracks and a throw-back to the glory days of honky tonk angels. Continue reading “Tif Ginn – Tif Ginn”
Tif Ginn – Tif Ginn
Propagandhi – Failed States
It’s tough to write an unbiased review about an album that you’ve been eagerly anticipating for years; harder even still when the album lives up to and surpasses the expectations you’ve built up in your brain over that time. So fuck it. Propagandhi’s sixth full-length studio release, Failed States, is a goddamn barn-burner that hits all the right spots. Continue reading “Propagandhi – Failed States”
Hot Chip – In Our Heads
The boys in Hot Chip are masters of their craft, no doubt. They make catchy simple dance floor ready synth-pop gems relatively consistently. However, on their latest effort, In Our Heads, something is lacking. Continue reading “Hot Chip – In Our Heads”
SONATA ARTICA – Stones Grow Her Name
Great title there guys. Finland has so many more worthwhile bands it is almost impossible to conceive that this tripe exists there as well. Continue reading “SONATA ARTICA – Stones Grow Her Name”
Shooting Guns / Krang – split 7”
This little split from Saskatoon’s Shooting Guns and Edmonton’s Krang is fucking tasty. Purveyors both of heady instrumental intensity, I’ve been digging on their respective recent releases to the point of mania lately, so to have them both on one slab of vinyl is a goddamn treat. Continue reading “Shooting Guns / Krang – split 7””
DELHI 2 DUBLIN – Turn Up the Stereo
Do you remember the first time you heard Vancouver’s Delhi 2 Dublin? After realizing it was futile to resist dancing, was your first thought “What’s that sound”? Followed by: “Where can I download this?” Continue reading “DELHI 2 DUBLIN – Turn Up the Stereo”
HUSKY – Forever So
Hailing from Melbourne, Australia, Husky’s debut album Forever So is a precisely crafted pop album, filled with songs beautifully arranged around fingerpicked guitar with a continual sense of drive gently pushing the listener through the album. Continue reading “HUSKY – Forever So”
THE STRAP – Another Point Of View/Another Point Of You
Homegrown noise rock by way of Meatrack, Stagmummer and more recently KEN Mode. Digging a little deeper by way of their Manitoba Music page it turns out that they are alumni from both Meatrack and Stagmummer. Continue reading “THE STRAP – Another Point Of View/Another Point Of You”
LORN – Ask the Dust
A mouth, a jawbone, a grasping hand, an open wound; the cover art for Ask The Dust is just as gray and creepy as the haunting tracks. But it’s the way the images combine that shows the fine craftsmanship Lorn has to offer. Continue reading “LORN – Ask the Dust”
SITDOWNTRACY – Twenty Something Winters
Sitdowntracy’s second album is quite an improvement from their first. The melodies are catchier, the vocals are more tuned up, the production quality is higher Continue reading “SITDOWNTRACY – Twenty Something Winters”