Album Reviews

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  Tess Parks Struts Forward Resiliently on 'And Those Who Were Seen Dancing'

  PUBLISHED May 17, 2022

  Psychedelic songwriter Tess Parks does not look like she's dancing on the cover of her long-awaited second solo album, And Those Who Were S...

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  Kendrick Lamar Delivers Game-Changing Vulnerability on 'Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers'

  PUBLISHED May 16, 2022

  When Kendrick Lamar, one of this generation's most influential artists, dropped future Pulitzer Prize history-maker DAMN. some 1,800 days a...

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  The Rolling Stones' 'Live at the El Mocambo' Is Essential Rock History for Toronto and Beyond

  PUBLISHED May 16, 2022

  A heads up that you're going to read a fair amount about Charlie Watts over the course of this review of what is the most monumental Canadi...

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  The Black Keys' 'Dropout Boogie' Will Get Anyone Hyped for Some Sportsball

  PUBLISHED May 13, 2022

  The Black Keys' slickly modern take on bluesy garage rock is tailor-made for the intermissions between periods of hockey games or in the so...

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  Yves Jarvis's Intrepid Tunes Hit Turbulence on 'The Zug'

  PUBLISHED May 13, 2022

  Over the past few years, Yves Jarvis has entered a fruitful creative phase. Releasing three LPs since 2019 (one a collaboration with Tasseo...

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  Pkew Pkew Pkew's 'Open Bar' Is a Bit of a Dive

  PUBLISHED May 12, 2022

  Pkew Pkew Pkew won over listeners with their everyman personalities and apathetic outlook, singing about working terrible day jobs, growing...

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  Tank and the Bangas' 'Red Balloon' Bursts with Infectious Energy

  PUBLISHED May 12, 2022

  While the term 'magical' is often cliché and overused, describing Tank and the Bangas as such is completely accurate. Whether you were intr...

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  Jack Harlow's 'Come Home the Kids Miss You' Is a Miss

  PUBLISHED May 12, 2022

  There have been a lot of big-name rappers to emerge in the last 10 years, but it's becoming increasingly rare for a hip-hop artist to becom...