Reviews
REVIEW: GHOSTFACE KILLAH STAYS IN HIS SWEET COMFORT ZONE ON ’36 SEASONS’
REVIEW + FOTOBOM: BLONDE REDHEAD AT THE SINCLAIR
Blonde Redhead have never concerned themselves with musical politics. The alt-rock trio have been just as disconnected from trends as they are culturally aware of them, and as far as two-decade-old bands go, that’s becoming increasingly ...
REVIEW: LITTLEFOOT’S LATEST WILL HAVE YOU FLOATING
NIGHT OF THE LIVIN
G DREAMS (available 12.5)
GENRE | AMBIENT SURF POP
LABEL | BUFU RECORDS
The first song on Littlefoot’s latest begins as if it were plucked out of, or vying for inclusion in, a Tarantino film. But it’s ...
REVIEW: THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS AT HOUSE OF BLUES
CanAm’s favorite eight piece power pop band, The New Pornographers, is back after a four year period, touring in support of this year’s “Brill Bruisers.” Perfect title, really, as the band combines the sturdy and timeless songwriting ...
REVIEW: BURY US WITH ‘BURY ME AT MAKEOUT CREEK’
There aren’t enough bands in the alternative scene fronted by badass bass-wielding babes. Fortunately, Mitski and her brand-spankin’-new record 'bury me at makeout creek' are here to correct that issue.
REVIEW + FOTOBOM: THE APACHE RELAY AT BRIGHTON MUSIC HALL
The Apache Relay won many converts, me included, with their ambitious American Nomad in 2011. And an impressive early morning set at Newport Folk festival confirmed the band as a dynamic force within the wide world of folk rock.
DON’T BRING EXPECTATIONS TO ‘SMACK THAT BRICK’
On Guerilla Toss' new four-track set, they don’t ease up on the pedal while careening through walls of funk, punk and prog-rock, but they seem to have a steadier hand on the wheel.
‘LOVE ME BACK’ IS A GLIMPSE OF SEER GROUP’S ELECTRO-POP CRAFTMANSHIP
There are approximately 14 billion electronic music acts releasing free albums on Bandcamp or Soundcloud every week, and that abyss is far too anonymous a place for something like Seer Group.
‘KEEP YOU’ IS STRONG WITHOUT THE SCREAMS
Those in question of the new sound clearly don’t see that all the consistent heart and meaning Pianos Become The Teeth has conjured over the years is only growing.