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BC-born, London-based artist Jayda G struggled with whether to release her latest EP, Both of Us / Are U Down, in the midst of everything tr...
Album Reviews
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![Clubs Are Closed, but Jayda G's 'Both of Us / Are U Down' Couldn't Have Come at a Better Time]()
Clubs Are Closed, but Jayda G's 'Both of Us / Are U Down' Couldn't Have Come at a Better Time Published Jul 02, 2020 -
![Jane Blanchard Invites Listeners into a Moody Fog of Fuzz on 'Still, Again' EP]()
ReviewsJane Blanchard Invites Listeners into a Moody Fog of Fuzz on 'Still, Again' EP Published Jul 02, 2020Jane Blanchard's third EP, Still, Again, is full of short and bittersweet slice-of-life moments on feeling displaced, heartbreak, and saying...
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![Keleketla! Cross Borders on Celebratory Self-Titled LP]()
ReviewsKeleketla! Cross Borders on Celebratory Self-Titled LP Published Jul 02, 2020Artists from Johannesburg to London and from Lagos to L.A. come together on the self-titled debut from Keleketla! The name says it all. A wo...
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![Dream Wife's Feminist Anthems Are as Playful as They Are Emotional on 'So When You Gonna…']()
ReviewsDream Wife's Feminist Anthems Are as Playful as They Are Emotional on 'So When You Gonna…' Published Jul 02, 2020The release of Dream Wife's self-titled debut album in 2018 was one of the best things to happen to indie rock that year. Back with personal...
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![Glutenhead's Self-Titled EP Sounds Like It Was Fun to Make, Which Is Why It's Fun to Listen To]()
ReviewsGlutenhead's Self-Titled EP Sounds Like It Was Fun to Make, Which Is Why It's Fun to Listen To Published Jul 02, 2020In August of 2019, Toronto's Glutenhead came onto the scene with the debut full-length album, Glugen Frau. Now, with a full six-piece band a...
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![Toronto Folkies Little Kid Are Growing Up and Breaking Out on 'Transfiguration Highway']()
ReviewsToronto Folkies Little Kid Are Growing Up and Breaking Out on 'Transfiguration Highway' Published Jun 30, 2020Little Kid have spent the past decade self-releasing five albums, developing a small but devoted fanbase as songwriter Kenny Boothby began w...
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![Jessie Ware Has Fully Come into Her Own on 'What's Your Pleasure?']()
ReviewsJessie Ware Has Fully Come into Her Own on 'What's Your Pleasure?' Published Jun 30, 2020The conversation surrounding Jessie Ware's luxurious What's Your Pleasure? has been a tug of war between reinvention and return to form — is...
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![David Strickland's 'Spirit of Hip Hop' Celebrates the Genre's Indigenous Connections]()
ReviewsDavid Strickland's 'Spirit of Hip Hop' Celebrates the Genre's Indigenous Connections Published Jun 29, 2020After the high-profile police killings of Rodney Levi, Chantel Moore and other Indigenous people in Canada in recent weeks, David Strickland...
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![Daniel Avery's Surprise Album 'Love + Light' Is an Absolute Sizzler]()
ReviewsDaniel Avery's Surprise Album 'Love + Light' Is an Absolute Sizzler Published Jun 29, 2020Surprise! It's a new Daniel Avery album, and we're talking new. According to Avery himself, the final notes of this record were finished mer...
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![The Manvils Present Rock in Its Purest Form on 'Reaction Arrow']()
ReviewsThe Manvils Present Rock in Its Purest Form on 'Reaction Arrow' Published Jun 29, 2020The Manvils are originally from Vancouver but relocated to Toronto in 2011. Their latest release, Reaction Arrow, is one to put in your tape...
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![Coriky Move Past Their Fugazi and the Evens Origins on Self-Titled Debut Album]()
ReviewsCoriky Move Past Their Fugazi and the Evens Origins on Self-Titled Debut Album Published Jun 26, 2020Powerful and purposeful, Coriky pick up on a lively chat that Ian MacKaye and Amy Farina left behind some eight years ago as the Evens, but...
