Articles by Stephan Boissonneault

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  Gloin's 'We Found This' Is Worth Discovering

  PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2022

  Not many albums have the power to transport you into a completely new frame of mind — whether sinister or joyful — within its first few sec...

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  Technical Kidman's Mathieu Arsenault Soundtracks Self-Discovery on Seulement's 'EX PO'

  PUBLISHED Nov 10, 2021

  EX PO, the debut album from Seulement (a.k.a. Mathieu Arsenault of Montreal's Technical Kidman), is an electronic collection of songs that...

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  'Dooms Children' Is Wade MacNeil's Raw, Psych-Toned Autobiography

  PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2021

  With the self-titled debut album of his new psych rock project Dooms Children, post-hardcore old salt Wade MacNeil is sonically nostalgic —...

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  Motorists Are Jangle Pop Philosophers on 'Surrounded'

  PUBLISHED Sep 2, 2021

  The first few vocal lines in Surrounded, the debut album from Toronto jangle pop wonders Motorists, are "I left the city / Too many cars /...

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  'Butterfly 3000' Is the Least King Gizzard-Sounding Record of Theirs Yet

  PUBLISHED Jun 18, 2021

  The first quarter of King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard's latest album, Butterfly 3000, sounds like you're looking through a technicolour kal...

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  Yoo Doo Right Earn Their Spot Among Montreal Post-Rock Royalty with 'Don't Think You Can Escape Your Purpose'

  PUBLISHED May 19, 2021

  A droning mechanical chord strum oscillates next to a war drum beat and soon after, a synth line opens the gates for a monolithic wall of s...

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  Paul Jacobs Stirs Up a Psychedelic Melting Pot with 'Pink Dogs on the Green Grass'

  PUBLISHED May 5, 2021

  Paul Jacobs, Montreal's garage-psych one-man-band (and drummer of arty post-punks Pottery), delivers just the right amount of dopamine on P...