The Pains of Being Pure At Heart | Truth Be Told
Kip Berman has blossomed into one of the most candid and earnest pop frontmen in the cycle today, which is impressive considering the success his band, The Pains of Being Pure At Heart, has achieved...
View ArticleJJ | Amusingly Abstract
JJare one of the harder bands in the world to pin down. Since their emergence in 2008, they have been eternally mysterious, keeping us hopeless as to guess what their next move might be. Their releases...
View ArticleReggie Watts | Mad Talent
Reggie Watts is absurd. Most people who see his hybrid act (which combines improvised, one-man-show music with Monty Python-esque, Dadaist humour, and social commentary) are left wide-eyed, but also...
View ArticleThe Fresh & Onlys | Demon Dance
Tim Cohen is no stranger to a busy schedule—his main outfit, The Fresh & Onlys, has released three albums in the past four years, while Cohen has released three other albums in as much time with...
View ArticleThe New Pornographers | Crowd Pleasers
“And the sea was all lighters, it was all lighters,” sings The New Pornographers frontman and primary songwriter Carl Newman in “Brill Bruisers,” the opening track from his band’s brand-new record of...
View ArticleMusic Go Music | Jive Talkin’
Music Go Music are a pop music band from California that will send you in a time machine right back to the 1970’s world of the Bee Gees and ABBA. David and Meredith Metcalf and Adam Siegel are a band...
View ArticleMichael Brock | Free Style
Michael Brock stirs a golden mix of West Coast groove and effortless Euro swagger. Breaking ground in Vancouver, as a white R&B artist, he braves stages solo, while keeping a crisp and du jour...
View ArticleThe Belle Game | Game Changing
The Belle Game are rising stars, not only in Canada, but around the world. Their debut album Ritual Tradition Habit has received praise from critics and fans since its release. Andrea Lo fills us in on...
View ArticleLeon Bridges
Good friends and good food are just a couple of the blessings Texas soul artist Leon Bridges is enjoying when we catch him on a rare day off in Dallas. The last few years have been a blur for the...
View ArticleColeman Hell
There must be something in the water, because it seems like everyone wants a piece of Coleman Hellthese days. It's been a giant 2015 for the Toronto-based, Thunder Bay-bred singer, with his banjo-fied...
View ArticlePENICILLIN BABY | SPACE-TRASH & THE END OF THE WORLD
Penicillin Baby consists of Jon Tyler Conant, Charlie Davis, Taylor Lowrance, and Wes Mitchell, who met when they eventually found themselves in Nashville, Tennessee. The band has a surprising...
View ArticleJesse Berlin | Elvis Blessings & Louboutin Lessons
When the nice folks at ION first got in touch with me about doing this interview, they acknowledged that I have a track record of being, shall we say, less than friendly to the majority of music...
View ArticleMETZ-A Real Wild Ride
METZ has a new album, correctly titled “II,” and much like their 2012 self-titled Sub Pop debut, it’s an absolute ripper: a buzzing, cascading riot of sound driven by guitarist and vocalist Alex...
View ArticleACTORS Debut New Song + Interview
Jason Corbett from ACTORS has become one of the leading characters steering the Vancouver independent music movement, and although it seems like it happened over night, it has been brewing for years....
View ArticleInterview: La Sera's Katy Goodman & Springtime Carnivore's Greta Morgan
This September, for the first time in over 30 years, Glenn Danzig is going to step onstage with the rest of the Misfits to perform horror rock anthems like "Where Eagles Dare," no doubt leading...
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