Articles by Brent Hagerman
Dodger
Dodger
PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2003
Hamilton's Dodger finds common ground between blistering urban hardcore and sweltering Caribbean rhythms, but they have more in common with...
Brendan Gamble
Heartless Moon
PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2003
Cathartic albums can be highly personal to the point of being over self-indulgent. Thankfully, when Brendan Gamble sat down to transfer the...
Snack!
Anamnesis
PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2003
Over the course of four albums, Snack! has experimented with multi-instrumental sound textures and diverse rhythmic structures stretching t...
La Bottine Souriante
Dance With LBS
PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2003
Choose a Celtic style - British Isles, Irish, French, Cape Breton, Quebecois - and then add to it a brass quartet and you essentially have...
Celtae
No Regrets
PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2003
Celtae's story is as old as Canada: East coasters leave the bonny provinces to find work in Ontario. The twist comes when four musicians fr...
Henri Ferguson
Missing the Boat
PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2003
Henri Ferguson has lived all around the world and has been busy soaking up varied musical flavours. On Missing the Boat, Ferguson tries to...
Gjallarhorn
Grimborg
PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2003
Gjallarhorn are a Swedish-speaking Finnish acoustic folk band, but don't let the dreamy nature of many of Gjallarhorn's songs fool you. Thi...
Laws
Two
PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2003
If Michelle and John Law's accomplished songs and faultless harmonies are any indication then they must have a perfect marriage. The husban...