Articles by Daniel Sylvester

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  Lydia Ainsworth Gets Lost Among 'Sparkles & Debris'

  PUBLISHED May 20, 2021

  For anyone who attempts to dissect Lydia Ainsworth's art, be it her handful of LPs, her select movie scores, or her arresting music videos,...

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  Cadence Weapon Is as Clever as Ever on 'Parallel World'

  PUBLISHED Apr 26, 2021

  Although each Cadence Weapon album could be billed as his 'return to form,' the truth is that the Toronto-via-Edmonton rapper has never los...

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  Dinosaur Jr. Don't Mess with a Good Thing on 'Sweep It into Space'

  PUBLISHED Apr 19, 2021

  Thirty-six years in and it's finally time to rightfully name Dinosaur Jr. 'the AC/DC of indie rock.' While each have maintained a hefty car...

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  The Most Conspicuous Omissions from the Canadian Music Hall of Fame

  PUBLISHED Apr 9, 2021

  On May 16, Jann Arden will be inducted to the Canadian Music Hall of Fame as part of the Juno Awards. Since its inception in 1978, the inst...

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  Misc Pull Montreal Jazz into the Future on 'Partager l'ambulance'

  PUBLISHED Mar 30, 2021

  From Maynard Ferguson through Oscar Peterson and Oliver Jones, Quebecois jazz has forever paraded a distinct and splendid sound: jaunty, bu...

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  Floating Points and Pharoah Sanders' 'Promises' Is More Mind Meld Than Collaboration

  PUBLISHED Mar 23, 2021

  As a backing musician during John Coltrane's cosmic phase, throughout sessions with Alice Coltrane and Sun Ra, and spanning his 57 years as...

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  Arab Strap Keep Listeners Guessing on Comeback Album 'As Days Get Dark'

  PUBLISHED Mar 2, 2021

  "I don't give a fuck about the past, the glory days gone by." When it comes to Arab Strap, it seems like there's no other reasonable way to...

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  Stereolab Unearth Long-Lost Classics on 'Electrically Possessed [Switched On Volume 4]'

  PUBLISHED Feb 22, 2021

  Just months after the release of their 1992 debut full-length, Peng!, Stereolab were already collecting odds and ends, collecting early 7-i...