Articles by Lisa Sookraj

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  GEMS

  Kill The One You Love

  PUBLISHED Oct 28, 2015

  Following their 2013 EP Medusa, DC duo GEMS' debut LP finds Lindsay Pitts and Clifford John Usher employing slick pop production to create...

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  Shopping

  Why Choose

  PUBLISHED Oct 9, 2015

  On their second release, Why Choose, Shopping offer a pared-down, female-fronted take on Gang of Four. Bouncy and minimalist, the band pay...

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  A Place To Bury Strangers

  The Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto ON, October 5

  PUBLISHED Oct 6, 2015

  A Place to Bury Strangers' Oliver Ackermann has said he aims to take listeners' minds on a trip with his music, and the band's live show do...

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  Meat Wave

  Delusion Moon

  PUBLISHED Sep 18, 2015

  Meat Wave deliver their strongest work to date on Delusion Moon, an album on which dissonance meets velocity, conveying the madness of mode...

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  Grey Lands

  Right Arm

  PUBLISHED Sep 9, 2015

  On Grey Lands' debut, Songs By Other People, Wayne Petti (of Cuff the Duke fame) enlisted musicians like Joel Plaskett to do guest vocals f...

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  HSY

  Bask

  PUBLISHED Sep 9, 2015

  Bask is an experience. HSY flesh out an engrossing alternate reality through guttural, sludgy, industrial post-punk that latches onto you,...

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  Mike Krol

  Turkey

  PUBLISHED Aug 26, 2015

  Mike Krol's third album, Turkey, picks up where 2013's Trust Fund left off, with Krol delivering frantic fuzz-fest power-popped garage rock...

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  Alone and Gone – The Story of Toronto's Post Punk Underground 1979-1984

  By Nick Smash

  PUBLISHED Aug 10, 2015

  Alone and Gone – The Story of Toronto's Post Punk Underground 1979-1984 uses past and present content to tell the tale of Toronto's e...