Album Reviews
Ladybird “Clementine”
A mix of ’90s rock and country produces an album trying to be too many things to too many people. Country music is a strange thing. For something so rooted in tradition, it is often subject […]
Album Reviews
Album Reviews
Holly Carter “Leave Your Mark”
Tasty debut full-length album from a very talented singer-songwriter-instrumentalist on her way up. Holly Carter may not be a name that readers are too familiar with (although she formed part of our Maverick Festival Review back […]
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The Barr Brothers “Let It Hiss”
Montreal-based band embrace the hiss with engaging collection of songs and sounds. After an eight-year pause, The Barr Brothers return with their latest release, “Let It Hiss”, an album arising from a period of personal and […]
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Sloan “Based on the Best Seller”
Enduring Anglophiles. The fourteenth studio album from this Toronto-based rock quartet. First single ‘Live Forever’ reveals a nostalgia discernible on many of the other tracks on this album. One can’t help listening to “Based on the […]
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Josh Fortenbery “Tidy Memorial”
A deeply immersive experience shaped by geography, grit, and emotional honesty. Josh Fortenbery’s second full-length release, “Tidy Memorial,” is a bold and evocative progression in his self-styled fusion of “neurotic folk” and “existential country.” Building on […]