Articles by Chris Whibbs

Immaculate Machine

High On Jackson Hill

PUBLISHED Apr 23, 2009

Is this the end of Immaculate Machine? This Victoria power trio have pumped out some memorable fast-paced pop over their last two albums (c...

Dog Day Desires

PUBLISHED Apr 21, 2009

Music and complacency do not go well together, yet evolution is a tricky proposition. Artists are invigorated by their newfound leap while...

Dog Day Record EP With Rick White

PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2009

While Dog Day's newest album, Concentration, is in the can and waiting to be released on April 28, it hasn't stopped the Halifax foursome f...

Barzin

Notes To An Absent Lover

PUBLISHED Apr 17, 2009

With a title like that, it's guaranteed this isn't going to be a laugh-a-minute kind of record. Indeed, true to his previous releases, Barz...

Mono

Hymn to the Immortal Wind

PUBLISHED Apr 8, 2009

One of the most surreal concert experiences was having the audience shout requests for their favourite songs at a GY!BE show, knowing full...

Howie Beck / Dan Griffin

The Mod Club, Toronto ON April 1

PUBLISHED Apr 3, 2009

While April Fool's Day is supposed to end on noon of that day, it got extended for the audience's benefit because, despite the excellent qu...

Marissa Nadler

PUBLISHED Mar 30, 2009

Hailing from Boston, MA, Marissa Nadler doesn't really fit in any genre. Though she's been labelled freak folk more often than not (as she'...

Andrew Vincent

Rotten Pear

PUBLISHED Mar 18, 2009

Andrew Vincent has learned more than a few tricks over four albums and this, his fifth, is deceptively simple. Featuring sparse instrumenta...