Owen Pallett (formerly Final Fantasy) is an artist who progresses in huge leaps, not steps. Instead of timid shuffling, he announced himself with a confident lunge on 2005’s Has a Good Home, crafting a unique set of clever indie pop songs with little more than a violin and an army of effect pedals…
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For Calgary-based indie darlings Woodpigeon, the start of a new decade brings good tidings as their new record Die Stadt Muzikanten brings to the table a much more consistent effort than last year’s Treasury Library Canada
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After listening to the first two tracks (and a brief detour to the ninth to see how Live at Massey Hall DVD highlight ‘Don’t Let The Darkness In Your Head’ turned out in the studio) of Blue Rodeo’s twelfth and possibly most ambitious studio record The Things We Left Behind …
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“I hope you catch syphilis and die alone.”
And with that, so begins the third album from Chicago’s Scotland Yard Gospel Choir.
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2007’s National Anthem Of Nowhere saw Canadian indie rock veterans Apostle Of Hustle at the top of their game, expertly balancing distinctive melodies and rhythms in full, polished arrangements. Eats Darkness, with its conceptual theme of examining reality’s ugly and violent elements …
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TThe Great Lake Swimmers seem to possess and almost singular ability to exude Canadianism. The atmosphere their music creates coupled with Tony Dekker’s pitch-perfect voice could practically be used to define Canada.
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There are few things worse than most “price of fame†albums. Though there are doubtlessly many drawbacks to spending months on the road, being recognized at a fast food joint and having loyal fans endlessly scream their approval.
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After releasing the best rock albums of 2005 and 2006, expectations are suddenly high for a band whose members were, until recently, holding down second jobs. Stay Positive opens much the same way that ‘06’s Boys and Girls in America did – with two blistering bar-rock anthems. ‘Constructive Summer’ and ‘Sequestered in Memphis,’ are both full steam ahead rock ‘n’ roll, accompanied by Craig Finn’s bizarre and ingenious storytelling.
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