Said the Whale Cascadia

Published Feb 07, 2019

Juno Award-winning Vancouver-based indie rockers Said the Whale are back with their sixth studio album, Cascadia. As one of our most anticip...

Rival Sons Feral Roots

Published Jan 28, 2019

California-based rockers Rival Sons offer up sixth studio album Feral Roots. With every album released, Rival Sons often aren't given the sp...

Alessia Cara The Pains of Growing

Published Nov 27, 2018

It's been three years since her debut, but Brampton, ON's Alessia Cara is back with her sophmore album, The Pains of Growing, and it was wel...

Hodera Besides

Published Nov 15, 2018

New Jersey-based "sad boys" Hodera are back with EP, Besides; this six-track EP follows two full-lengths albums, in 2015 and 2017, and it's...

Folly & the Hunter Remains

Published Oct 25, 2018

Montreal-based duo Folly & the Hunter are back after a brief hiatus with their fourth album, Remains. Captained by Laurie Torres and Nick Va...

Steady Hands Truth In Comedy

Published Oct 24, 2018

The most recent project to come out of Modern Baseball's hiatus is drummer Sean Huber's release with social club Steady Hands. Although Hube...

The Story So Far Proper Dose

Published Sep 21, 2018

It's been three years since California-based pop punks the Story So Far have released a new album, and Proper Dose assures us that the brief...

Slothrust The Pact

Published Sep 14, 2018

Boston band Slothrust's newest album, The Pact, opens with frontwoman Leah Wellbaum telling us, "I do what I want" on "Double Down," foresha...

The Kooks Let's Go Sunshine

Published Aug 29, 2018

British pop rock band the Kooks have always been trying to reclaim the same level of success that they achieved with their first album Insid...

Foxing Nearer My God

Published Aug 07, 2018

If you visit St. Louis band Foxing's bandcamp page, their bio reads: Foxing is a band. Someday Foxing won't be a band.   In just two sente...

Lily Allen No Shame

Published Jun 11, 2018

British pop star Lily Allen is approaching songwriting from a different angle with No Shame. In an interview with Vulture last month, Allen...

Camp Cope / An Horse Hard Luck Bar, Toronto ON, June 10

Published Jun 11, 2018

"I think we're ready to rock now," Georgia McDonald, lead singer and guitarist of Australian punk band Camp Cope (pictured), said softly int...

Life In Vacuum All You Can Quit

Published May 03, 2018

Toronto-based Life in Vacuum's newest full-length album, All You Can Quit, begins with the slight ringing of a symbol. As "Jazz" begins to b...

ANMLPLNET Fall Asleep

Published Apr 20, 2018

Leah Welbaum's vocals haunted all our dreams with Slothrust, and now she's back at it again, alongside drummer Mickey Vershbow, with ANMLPLN...

Goat Girl Goat Girl

Published Apr 06, 2018

Goat Girl's self-titled debut album is, to say the least, for a very specific kind of listener. At 19 tracks but only 40 minutes, the London...

Hex Miss Pristine

Published Mar 22, 2018

New-gen riot grrrls Hex are entering the scene with their first full-length LP, and they're doing it head first. Hex are comprised of three...

Dashboard Confessional Danforth Music Hall, Toronto ON, March 10

Published Mar 11, 2018

Most rock shows follow a similar formula: lights grow dim, the crowd rumbles in anticipation and the band bursts out, hyping the crowd and p...

CVLTVRE All Life Is // Act 1: An Act of Letting Go

Published Mar 01, 2018

On their debut EP, CVLTVRE prove from the start that they understand the importance of balance. The lyrics complement the vocals, which comp...

Bogues Life, Slowly

Published Feb 27, 2018

The beginning of Bogues' second EP, Life, Slowly, offers a sense of comfortable familiarity. A guitar rings, as if far off in the distance,...

Car Seat Headrest Twin Fantasy

Published Feb 16, 2018

In 2011, Car Seat Headrest released Twin Fantasy, an album he labeled incomplete, on Bandcamp. The DIY album, recorded in the back seat of a...