Album Reviews

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  'Joni Mitchell at Newport' Is Nothing Short of Miraculous

  PUBLISHED Jul 27, 2023

  It sounds surreal, glorious: dozens of top-tier musicians from around the world packed into Joni Mitchell's Laurel Canyon living room. Some...

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  Jessy Lanza Is Both Master and Muse on 'Love Hallucination'

  PUBLISHED Jul 27, 2023

  Jessy Lanza's original tracks often sound like remixes. The Hamilton-born, newly LA-based singer-songwriter-producer doesn't load her music...

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  Bethany Cosentino's 'Natural Disaster' Finds Silver Linings in a World on Fire

  PUBLISHED Jul 25, 2023

  After over a decade with Best Coast, the release of Bethany Cosentino's first solo album feels like a reintroduction to one of the 2010 ind...

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  Strange Ranger Assume a New Form on the Entrancing 'Pure Music'

  PUBLISHED Jul 24, 2023

  It's invigorating when an artist or band undergoes a drastic transformation in style or vision without losing their identity. Strange Range...

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  Mother Tongues' 'Love in a Vicious Way' Is a Perfectly Cut Diamond

  PUBLISHED Jul 20, 2023

  Mother Tongues play what loosely might be described as "psych rock" — but unlike the swaths of dreamy noise and drawn-out delay pedal jams...

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  a kid named rufus's 'whatever works' Is a Sprint Through the Anxieties of Being a Young Artist

  PUBLISHED Jul 20, 2023

  whatever works, the debut LP from a kid named rufus (a.k.a. Rufus Sivaroshan), boasts a short 27 minute runtime that feels like a sprint th...

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  Agriculture's Self-Titled Record Is Ablaze with Joyous Noise

  PUBLISHED Jul 18, 2023

  Black metal has a reputation for being a somewhat gloomy and melancholic affair, and a quick glance at the genre's sordid history illustrat...

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  Paul Langois Finds Hard-Won Clarity on 'Guess What'

  PUBLISHED Jul 14, 2023

  At this point, you know exactly what you're getting from Paul Langlois's new album, Guess What — and that's a good thing. It's Canadiana at...