Articles by Lisa Sookraj

Big Dick / Kurt Marble

Handlebar, Toronto ON, May 15

PUBLISHED May 16, 2015

Ottawa drum and bass duo Big Dick attract a notable amount of attention with their evocative name (it's taken from a Nomeansno song), but t...

Charlatans UK

Modern Nature

PUBLISHED Apr 17, 2015

On the Charlatans' 12th album, Modern Nature, they've enlisted no fewer than three drummers — Pete Salisbury (the Verve), Stephen Mor...

Limblifter

Pacific Milk

PUBLISHED Apr 2, 2015

Releasing Pacific Milk as Limblifter vs. Ryan Dahle (as 2009's Irrational Anthems was) is likely to stir greater interest — Dahle's m...

Soft Moon

Deeper

PUBLISHED Mar 27, 2015

The Soft Moon expertly dish out darkwave on their third full-length release. More polished than 2012's Zeros, Deeper is fuller, fatter and...

Radical Dads

Universal Coolers

PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2015

Brooklyn three-piece Radical Dads (including drummer Robbie Guertin, formerly of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah) deliver loose, poppy indie on th...

Mourn

Mourn

PUBLISHED Feb 13, 2015

Mourn have elicited a considerable amount of attention, partly because three of their Catalonian members are 18, and their drummer is 15, b...

Carl Barât & the Jackals

Let It Reign

PUBLISHED Feb 13, 2015

Carl Barât's & the Jackals' debut may be overshadowed by news that the Libertines have their first new album in 11 years in the works, with...

Like Pacific

PUBLISHED Jan 16, 2015

Toronto outfit Like Pacific's third EP is their first as a part of the New Damage/Pure Noise rosters. Pure Noise in particular is a suitabl...