High Violet is anxious, tense, laden with blurry visions that lead to crooked, lonely back streets to wander through while we try to grasp the emotion and reach of each song. It’s never a strain that becomes wearing or tiring, though; in fact, it’s exactly in that tension between depression and desire, anxiety and confidence …
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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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