Articles by Scott Simpson

Egyptrixx Talks New Album, DIY Management and His New Label

PUBLISHED Jan 26, 2015

You'd think that launching a record label and releasing a new full-length album would be enough to keep David Psutka, a.k.a. Egyptrixx, bus...

Oliver Heldens

Quai Jacques-Cartier, Montreal QC, January 25

PUBLISHED Jan 26, 2015

In but a few short years, 19-year-old Dutch producer and DJ Oliver Heldens has managed to amass the kind of following many established acts...

Young Ejecta

The Planet

PUBLISHED Jan 23, 2015

Young Ejecta, the musical collaborative project by Neon Indian's Leanne Macomber and producer Joel Ford, operates in the hazy world between...

Twerps

Range Anxiety

PUBLISHED Jan 23, 2015

When Twerps describe themselves as a collaborative band, they really mean it, as all four members contribute to songwriting and vocal dutie...

The Decemberists

What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World

PUBLISHED Jan 20, 2015

For their seventh studio album What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World, Portland folk rock quintet the Decemberists come back from a...

Gui Boratto / Lazy Day Recordings

Quai Jacques-Cartier, Montreal QC, January 16

PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2015

Consider it a soft launch for Igloofest's ninth edition last night (January 16): at the Quai Jacques-Cartier, Gui Boratto played a balance...

Låpsley

Understudy EP

PUBLISHED Jan 5, 2015

English singer-songwriter Holly Lapsley Fletcher, performing under the moniker Låpsley, has had quite the whirlwind 2014: she found herself...

Montreal's Divan Orange Launches Fundraising Campaign Following $15,000 in Noise Complaints

PUBLISHED Dec 5, 2014

Montreal institution Divan Orange, a local cultural cooperative and concert venue, is reaching out to the local community in hopes to guara...