Anniversary

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  Hot Hot Heat on the 20th Anniversary of 'Make Up the Breakdown' and Its Era-Defining New Wave Revival

  PUBLISHED Oct 11, 2022

  In 2002, Brooklyn was ground zero for a budding post-punk revival movement that was just starting to hit the mainstream. Meanwhile, on the...

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  'Aja' at 45: How the Darcys' Tribute Album Put Them a Decade Ahead of the Steely Dan Revival

  PUBLISHED Oct 7, 2022

  Following last month's news that Steely Dan's studio catalogue would be treated to new audiophile-grade vinyl and CD reissues, the question...

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  Sloan on the 30th Anniversary of 'Smeared': Copying MBV, Halifax's Nascent Scene and Still Going Steady

  PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2022

  Sloan have spent three decades as one of Canada's most reliable purveyors of classic power pop — but they got their start on a very differe...

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  'A Farewell to Kings' at 45: Crown Lands Talk the Influence of Rush's Sonic Scale-Up

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2022

  Like any students worth their salt in the school of rock, Cody Bowles and Kevin Comeau of Ontario duo Crown Lands have studied the liner no...

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  'Hope in Dirt City' Turns 10: Cadence Weapon Reflects on His "Steely Dan Album"

  PUBLISHED May 30, 2022

  Writing about his third studio release as Cadence Weapon in 2022 memoir Bedroom Rapper, out May 31 via McClelland & Stewart, Rollie Pem...

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  "A Magical Time" for Vancouver Indie Rock: Said the Whale's Debut 'Taking Abalonia' Turns 15

  PUBLISHED May 12, 2022

  In Vancouver in 2007, a thriving new scene of pop rock was just starting to take shape. Mother Mother released their future-classic debut T...

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  'Glee' at 25: How Bran Van 3000's Eclectic Debut Became a Timeless "Canadian Folk Record"

  PUBLISHED Apr 13, 2022

  James Di Salvio thought he was making an instrumental trip-hop record and that would be it. He never imagined those late-night jam sessions...

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  Paper Bag Records Celebrates 20 Years, Reflects on Winning a JUNO with First-Ever Release

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2022

  "One of the best albums of this year."That's what Exclaim!'s wrote in a 2002 review of Paper Bag Records' very first release, Broken Social...