The Budos Band V

Published Apr 09, 2019

On "Old Engine Oil," the leadoff track from the Budos Band's fifth LP, V, the Afrobeat band kicks out a gritty, fuzzed-out riff that wouldn'...

Floating Points / Various Late Night Tales

Published Mar 26, 2019

Once a staple of any electronic music fan's collection, the DJ mix has become a rare bird over the past decade. But UK label Late Night Tale...

Apparat LP5

Published Mar 18, 2019

Since his early work with Ellen Allien in 2006, it seems that Apparat has defined his craft through collaboration. After releasing three alb...

Stephen Malkmus Groove Denied

Published Mar 12, 2019

When the rumours that Stephen Malkmus recorded an electronic album began to surface, longtime fans weren't just curious about how it would s...

Matmos Plastic Anniversary

Published Mar 12, 2019

Sometimes it's the pure novelty of a Matmos album that makes it so enjoyable. Sometimes it's that same novelty that makes it hard to separat...

​Matmos's 'Plastic Anniversary' Started With a Plastic Fish-Shaped Jock Strap

Published Mar 11, 2019

Drew Daniel, one half of experimental electronic duo Matmos, is alone in an interview with Exclaim!, preparing to tell the story of his band...

Helado Negro This Is How You Smile

Published Mar 05, 2019

This is How You Smile, the sixth full-length from Roberto Carlos Lange (aka Helado Negro), is a memory of an album — hazy, breezy and slight...

K Á R Y Y N THE QUANTA SERIES

Published Feb 26, 2019

As anyone who has heard the six singles K Á R Y Y N released in anticipation of her debut knows, there's no possible way THE QUANTA SERIES w...

James Yorkston The Route to the Harmonium

Published Feb 19, 2019

Since the release of his criminally overlooked debut in 2002, Moving Up Country, James Yorkston has always written music in reaction to his...

Ben Shemie A Skeleton

Published Feb 11, 2019

As vocalist and guitarist for Montreal quartet Suuns, Ben Shemie has helped provide Canada with one of the most consistently solid experimen...

Jessica Pratt Hasn't Changed on 'Quiet Signs,' and Why Should She?

Published Feb 07, 2019

On her new album Quiet Signs, it seems that Jessica Pratt has found inspiration by entering her "Jessica Pratt" phase. She's not incorporati...

Jessica Pratt Quiet Signs

Published Feb 05, 2019

As a musician, Jessica Pratt is an enigma. She's a thirtysomething, slight folk singer who grew up on '80s cowpunk like X and the Gun Club....

Brian Wilson / Beat Root Revival TD Place Arena, Ottawa ON, November 23

Published Nov 24, 2018

Though Brian Wilson brought his "Pet Sounds 50th Anniversary World Tour" to Ottawa in 2016 , the 76-year-old musician decided to return to t...

Art Brut Wham! Bang! Pow! Let's Rock Out!

Published Nov 20, 2018

Art Brut may not be musical savants, but they are undeniably a clever bunch. On the band's fifth LP, Wham! Bang! Pow! Let's Rock Out!, the L...

Moritz Simon Geist Robotic Electronic Music

Published Nov 14, 2018

Although Moritz Simon Geist isn't the first artist to write music for robots to perform (see Squarepusher's 2014 EP Music for Robots), the D...

Planningtorock Powerhouse

Published Nov 07, 2018

On Powerhouse, the fourth LP (and first in four years) from Jam Rostron (aka Planningtorock), the UK musician delivers an undeniably emotion...

The Dodos / Palehound The 27 Club, Ottawa ON, November 5

Published Nov 06, 2018

Visiting the nation's capital for the third time in the past five years, the Dodos had to contend with chilly rains and a general Monday nig...

Fleetwood Mac Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa ON, November 3

Published Nov 04, 2018

Although much has been made about Lindsey Buckingham's dismissal from Fleetwood Mac earlier this year, the band has been a revolving door si...

Chris Corsano and Bill Orcutt Brace Up!

Published Oct 31, 2018

Considering both musicians have followed the same noisy career trajectory over the past 20 years, it's surprising that it took Chris Corsano...

Destroyer / Sandro Perri / André Ethier 27 Club, Ottawa ON, October 22

Published Oct 23, 2018

A full year since Dan Bejar released his 11th studio album under his Destroyer moniker — the underrated ken — the Vancouver musician abandon...