Articles by Chris Whibbs

The Rural Alberta Advantage / Entire Cities / Kings of Lowertown

Zaphod Beeblebrox, Ottawa, ON February 17

PUBLISHED Feb 21, 2008

Sometimes a lyric just encapsulates a night perfectly and that honour went to Toronto, ON’s Entire Cities, who noted, "I like getting fucke...

Bon Iver’s Good Winter

PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2008

It took one song. Yes, "Flume,” the first song on Bon Iver’s debut album, For Emma, Forever Ago, was the one that made him run to a cabin i...

The D'Urbervilles

We Are The Hunters

PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2008

Electric and nervy post-punk? Have we entered a time warp? If we have, well, fuck it, because when these young Guelph-via-Oshawa, ON native...

Bon Iver

For Emma, Forever Ago

PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2008

Self-released last year, it took very little time for Justin Vernon’s heartbreak and yearning to make their way around the interweb and cre...

Jason Collett

Here's to Being Here

PUBLISHED Jan 28, 2008

While Collett’s last album, the excellent Idols of Exile, was marked by the appearance of many of his Broken Social Scene counterparts, thi...

J'envoie

J'envoie

PUBLISHED Jan 28, 2008

Instrumental music might just be the hardest genre to put into words. It shifts and morphs so easily that it’s hard to get all the subtleti...

Radar Bros.

Auditorium

PUBLISHED Jan 28, 2008

Continuing on their "one record every three years” schedule, every new piece of Radar Bros. music is like slipping on that uber-comfortable...

Naturally <b>Hayden</b>

PUBLISHED Jan 21, 2008

For those keeping count, In Field & Town is the third album title referencing nature, but don’t mistake this for some kind of overarching t...