Album Reviews
Ghostly Kisses Do the Same, but Better on 'Darkroom'
PUBLISHED May 14, 2024
Heaven, Wait, Margaux Sauvé's ethereal 2022 debut as Ghostly Kisses, was a precocious if spotty album built from sparse electronic producti...
Bibi Club's Majestic 'Feu de garde' Is Intimately Grand
PUBLISHED May 13, 2024
Bibi Club's members, Adèle Trottier-Rivard and Nicolas Basque, are a married couple who have a child together, and that familial...
Myriam Gendron's 'Mayday' Speaks to the Future and the Past
PUBLISHED May 9, 2024
Every mother is a child, and within that dynamic lies a compelling tension, which Myriam Gendron explores on her brilliant...
Dehd Crack the Code on 'Poetry'
PUBLISHED May 8, 2024
There's nothing better than witnessing a band hit their stride in real time, and Dehd are doing just that. On their fifth album 'Poetry,'...
Knocked Loose Polish Their Blade on 'You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To'
PUBLISHED May 7, 2024
Knocked Loose are something of a love-them-or-hate-them band, or at least a name that comes up often in pedantic internet arguments, with ev...
Amen Dunes' 'Death Jokes' Is a Discombobulated Thrill
PUBLISHED May 7, 2024
Many of Damon McMahon's releases under the Amen Dunes moniker have been marked by a sense of musical and lyrical austerity. Even among the...
Camera Obscura Find a Way Forward on 'Look to the East, Look to the West'
PUBLISHED May 2, 2024
On 'Look to the East, Look to the West,' Camera Obscura's first new material in over a decade, the Scottish quintet recapture the melodic...
Beams' 'Requiem for a Planet' Is a Stirring Swan Song
PUBLISHED May 2, 2024
The end of the world has come, or at least it has for Beams. The Toronto-based psych-folk band's concept album 'Requiem for a Planet' tells ...