Album Reviews

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  Tomb Mold Sculpt Fully Dimensional Death Metal on 'Aperture of Body'

  PUBLISHED Jun 16, 2022

  Aperture of Body, a new three-track EP from Toronto death metal trendsetters Tomb Mold, arrives three years on from acclaimed third album P...

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  Toronto Goth Rocker Praises Plays Their Cards Right on 'In This Year: Hierophant'

  PUBLISHED Jun 16, 2022

  Jesse Crowe, better known by the appellation Praises, draws a card from a tarot deck at the start of each new year. Crowe uses the randomly...

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  Perfume Genius Finds Strange Beauty in 'Ugly Season'

  PUBLISHED Jun 16, 2022

  Rolling over the horizon like a mass of purple clouds, a swarm of pealing organ and bleating drones announce a dramatic shift in weather —...

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  Bartees Strange Reaps the Harvest of Intimacy on 'Farm to Table'

  PUBLISHED Jun 15, 2022

  Bartees Strange has been on a meteoric rise since releasing acclaimed debut Live Forever in late 2020. He's toured with Phoebe Bridgers, Co...

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  Greg Puciato Streamlines His Frenetic Impulses on 'Mirrorcell'

  PUBLISHED Jun 15, 2022

  Ex-Dillinger Escape Plan frontman Greg Puciato's debut solo effort Child Soldier: Creator of God was a chaotic palate of sounds with intere...

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  Deliluh Push Their Art Punk Beyond Borders on 'Fault Lines'

  PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2022

  Since last hearing from Toronto punks Deliluh, things have changed — drastically. After taking the city's scene to "strange and compelling...

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  Michael Rault Hits His '70s Stride on Self-Titled Album

  PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2022

  The album called Michael Rault sees our titular hero finding yet another gear in the studio, but it didn't come easy. Born in Edmonton, Rau...

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  Yoo Doo Right Find Transcendence Through Repetition on 'A Murmur, Boundless to the East'

  PUBLISHED Jun 9, 2022

  They favour arena-intended equipment from the 1970s for quality and sheer volume. Their live shows can reach eyeball-rattling decibel level...