Up-and-Comers 
Consider the Balance Broken: An Interview with Chloe Charles(1)
Bartenders are lighting candles around the venue, and band members are mixing tracks on their computers at the bar. Her publicist, manager, and agent are all in deep prep, moving around the room as a family would, smiling at her between placing cards and nutty snacks on the tables, and sending an encouraging look her… Read More ›
Rock.Dance.Repeat. | An interview with Latenite Automatic!
February is an exciting month for Latenite Automatic. With the February 1st premier of their video for “Ghost Love” and the anticipated release of their debut album “You Are Electric?” on the 27th, the band’s hypnotic rhythms will now begin to raid your senses like a wildfire. Vancouver’s Jay Brown is the mastermind behind electronic, alternative,… Read More ›
Keep Your Eyes Peeled for: Rad Habits
Talking with Rad Habits about power pop, the understatement of Big Star, and getting Dad to like your songs. It’s a foggy, rainy, and shitty day as I sit down with vocalist Dylan Bowden and guitarist Mark Fosco of Rad Habits. Days like this beg for a band with a brighter disposition than the never-ending… Read More ›
Keep Your Eyes Peeled for: Matthew de Zoete
I don’t know about you, but ever so often, I crave to be totally immersed in a good story. So, when I stumbled upon Matthew de Zoete’s latest album, Colour Film, I prepared myself for a good storytelling as he suggested I should: I dimmed the lights, put on a good pair of headphones, and sat… Read More ›
Keep Your Eyes Peeled for: Cai.ro
It begins with the hush of an acoustic guitar, and it carries you over with solemn vocals. You are enticed to surrender to the swells of its melody and without warning, you are thrushed upon the shore. Undefined by a single genre, Cai.ro’s debut EP, “Young Love” carries you through unpredictable surges, with minimal sounds to… Read More ›
Keep Your Eyes Peeled for: Sunsplitter
You can call it the antithesis to some of today’s boneless music. Folk is witnessing a revival in the indie scene, and those who are nostalgic for rooted music are excited, including myself. Perhaps it’s the honesty of homegrown music that listeners crave nowadays or that people simply want to hear a good story. Regardless,… Read More ›
Keep Your Eyes Peeled for: Air Marshal Landing
Today marks the anticipated online release of Air Marshal Landing’s sophomore EP, Vitamins. It’s been three years since the release of their first EP, The Industry, and the boys are now ready to showcase their evolving sound. Like Pink Floyd’s Meddle, The Beatles’s Revolver, and Bob Dylan’s Another Side of Bob Dylan, Vitamins is Air Marshal Landing’s transitional collection that offers… Read More ›
Keep Your Eyes Peeled for: The Rest
The making of The Rest’s third album, Seesaw, began under the most tragic circumstances when their friend, mentor, and producer, Dan Achen, passed away from a heartattack while playing hockey. As an homage to their late friend, the band recorded Seesaw at his converted church studio in the same manner as they would have if he was still alive. Satisfied with the album’s progress, they scheduled to… Read More ›
Introducing: Blues Singer/Songwriter, Melissa Bel!
While many of us were cleverly planning our escape from those dreadful fourth period classes at the age of 17, Burlington’s Melissa Bel was recording her first album called “Brave”. After it’s release one year later in 2009, her album received widespread radio play and an impressive 5/5 stars in the influential magazine “Melodie & Rhythmus”. In addition, she performed 14… Read More ›
Keep Your Eyes Peeled for: Outsiders
Bristol’s Outsiders define themselves simply as a post-punk/shoegaze band. Indeed, they are emerging in the UK music scene as a notable comeback band, echoing the ghost of Joy Division’s Ian Curtis in their dark, yet animated single,”The Hypnotist”. Now, when the genre of indie music is brought up in conversations, the majority of us Canadians have an idea of what it generally sounds… Read More ›
