Rating: 3.5 / 5 Reviewer: Trent Depue
On her 2009 release Victoria Day, Melissa McClelland was faced with what could be seen as either an absolutely fantastic or incredibly difficult situation depending on how you choose to look at it: following up a near perfect record.
Posted in Country + Western, Folk + Roots, Music Reviews, Rock + Pop
Rating: 5 / 5 Reviewer: Greg Hutton
Most Carolyn Mark records evoke images of a continuous party that would, in all likelihood, be the most fun party you ever attended. Red wine, new best friends, and food are a few common themes, especially on 2002’s Terrible Hostess and the excellent 2004 album The Pros and Cons [...]
Posted in Country + Western, Music Reviews, Rock + Pop, Top Rated
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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Rating: 4 / 5 Reviewer: Trent Depue
Vancouver native Dustin Bentall first stepped on to the music scene in 2005 with his impressive debut release Street With No Lights. Four years later, his sophomore release Six Shooter proves well worth the wait.
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Rating: 3 / 5 Reviewer: David Coats
Amy Millan’s first solo release, 2006’s Honey From the Tombs, was a stylistic surprise, as she seemingly turned 180 degrees from her Stars and Broken Social Scene gigs, and made a record of lonely, weary country songs. Though she did more or less pull it off, there was [...]
Posted in Country + Western, Folk + Roots, Music Reviews
Rating: 2.5 / 5 Reviewer: Andrew Mitchell
Laughin’ and Cryin’ with Reverend Horton Heat is the kind of foot-stompin’, hootin’ and hollerin’ fare that depicts Texans as gun-wielding, pickup-driving, beer-drinking, gambling rednecks. For nearly 25 years, the three piece band led by vocalist/guitarist Jim ‘Reverend Horton’ Heath has gathered a loyal following churning out flippant comedic [...]
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Rating: 2.5 / 5 Reviewer: Trent Depue
Regarded as one of alt-country’s foremost pioneers, Jay Farrar is known for many things, but being upbeat and positive isn’t necessarily one of them. To that end, the pace of his sixth Son Volt release should not come as much of a surprise to anyone.
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Rating: 2 / 5 Reviewer: Nathan Atnikov
For Ben Kweller’s entire career up to this point, people have been hesitant to bring up the dreaded ‘e’ word, when really they should’ve been championing him as an artist who brought some credibility to the emo genre.
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