Music Review

A huge beef I have with noise music: why can’t anyone make any that goes anywhere at all? Minibloc are […]

The Stars are my least favourite of the CanIndie brat pack, so I have no great investment in the throat […]

Maniac Mansion presents Pizza Time Theatre is 35 minutes of NES-like originals with a sloppy punk backing, divided up with […]

What’s with all this over-the-top, multi-part, high drama art rock that is dominating the music scene these days? The critical […]

This album is typical of music presently produced in Toronto. In twenty years time, when someone’s teenaged son or daughter […]

Having never seen Jon-Rae & the River play live (and I might be the only muso in TO who hasn’t), […]

No musician ever likes to hear this but the main reason I love this record is that the first song […]

So, uhhhh… voodoo-influenced, maritime country with hints of electro-acoustic experimentation? I’ve listened to this five or six times and I […]

I grew up in a small community steeped in country music. For years, the only band that visited our area […]

Capturing the insanity and uncertainty of Vaudeville on CD is a challenging task, but Friendly Rich does just that. Thirty-five […]

Brutally sub-par indie-punk. The worst part about this kind of band is when you can tell they believe in themselves. […]

Too, too often, “free jazz” or “improvised” or “experimental jazz” gets ruined in the transition from live music to recorded […]