Who here remembers remix albums!?!? Hands up if you own the The Cactus Revisited on cassette! Just me? Very good then. Point being, the remix album has been around for ages, but the merits & quality of such albums could be questioned in the early days. In the last 10 years of so, remix albums(…)

With the comfort and success Nathan Lawr has found fronting the afro-infused Minotaurs, it’s easy to forget about his long and remarkable musical career. His percussion was a crucial element of the seminal work from Royal City, the underratedm junkstrument driven Fembots and countless other recordings, but for me the high water mark was Lawr’s(…)

I actually started this post by writing something along the lines of “we don’t just blindly post anything Shad puts out”, but had to start over once I realized that is pretty much exactly what we do. Oh well, I’m pretty sure that if you’re even remotely familiar with Shad’s canon, you’ll hardly blame us.(…)

Everyone remembers Astral Swans, right? Okay, good. Matthew Swann’s latest side project was one that caught our ear last year. The open ended, lo-fi melodies are somehow infectious and unassuming but the results speak for themselves. Here’s a kaleidoscope themed representation of Swann playing “You Carry A Sickness” live in an apartment, courtesy of Kaelen(…)

Yesterday Shane bogarted my Listen Up style post, so it’s time to issue a little James Brown style big payback. These video hits posts have fallen off our radar as of late, but a few great efforts have landed in the inbox and it’s only right we share them with you. All of these artists(…)

These “Listen Up” posts are usually the Ack’s domain, and truthfully I’m not sure what his main goal is for them, but I’m co-opting his style today because I really want you to listen to the self-titled debut from Montreal’s Reversing Falls. Put on your hyperbole pants for this bit if you must, but I(…)

Talk about a trip down memory lane. I have such fond memories of seeing Hayden play shows in Halifax that this tour announcement melted my frozen heart instantly. Being a longtime fan, I would happily listen to one of Canada’s greatest song writers play hits from the past, but Mr. Desser’s latest record, Us Alone,(…)