Articles By Scott A. Gray
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Headstones Peopleskills Published Oct 29, 2019Canadian alt-punk stalwarts the Headstones are back with their fifth album since reforming in 2013. Peopleskills strips back most of the gro...
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Reuben and the Dark un | love Published Oct 23, 2019What if Coldplay didn't suck? If that's a question you've ever pondered, Reuben and the Dark have spent their career answering it. The Calga...
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Walrus Cool to Who Published Oct 17, 2019With their second LP, Halifax's Walrus temper their psychedelic indie rock with an evolved sense of pop melodicism. Structurally tighter and...
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Third Eye Blind Screamer Published Oct 16, 2019Let this sink in, doubters and dismissers: Third Eye Blind are still making great music in 2019. Far too many casual listeners unfairly lump...
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Penguin Cafe Handfuls of Night Published Oct 04, 2019On their fourth album, Penguin Cafe venture further from the musical lineage of Penguin Cafe Orchestra than on previous releases. Composer A...
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San Fermin The Cormorant I Published Oct 03, 2019One of the decade's most exciting orchestral pop groups, San Fermin, has another grand statement to deliver with The Cormorant I, the first...
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Plumes Oh Orwell Published Sep 17, 2019Oh Orwell is the latest leg in the always-impressive musical journey of globetrotting Canadian songwriting treasure Veronica Charnley. Bitte...
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William Ryan Fritch Deceptive Cadence: Music For Film, Vol. I & II Published May 16, 2019Perhaps the most consistently awe-inspiring collection yet in a career brimming with emotional epics, Deceptive Cadence is a stunning achiev...
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Disasterpeace Under the Silver Lake Published Apr 22, 2019Richard Vreeland has undergone quite the metamorphosis from his days as a chiptune artist and 8-bit videogame composer. While there were ple...
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MALK WMAIDIT Published Apr 11, 2019Opting to maintain a bit of mystique in the age of overshare, MALK delivers his eccentric brand of freak folk with a refreshing lack of need...
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Asuna & Jan Jelinek Signals Bulletin Published Apr 05, 2019While the largely warm, unobtrusive ambient instrumental tones of Signals Bulletin make for great background music, it's got some pacing iss...
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Vieo Abiungo The Dregs Published Mar 14, 2019Composer and multi-instrumentalist William Ryan Fritch has spent the better part of the past decade scoring for film and releasing music und...
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Teeth of the Sea Wraith Published Feb 22, 2019UK psychedelic noise-rock experimenters Teeth of the Sea embrace the more spectral side of their sound on the tellingly titled Wraith. T...
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Wind Walker Orchestra Hazel Published Feb 14, 2019American East coast ensemble Wind Walker Orchestra invigorates their spry big band jazz with an interesting mix of contemporary influences....
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Dave Harrington Group Pure Imagination, No Country Published Feb 01, 2019Former El Topo guitarist and one half of experimental electronic duo Darkside (alongside composer Nicolas Jaar), Dave Harrington leads his e...
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Gavin Miller Meander Scars Published Nov 15, 2018UK ambient folk tunesmith Gavin Miller makes his Lost Tribe Sound debut with the meditative rustic charms of Meander Scars. The sparse, eigh...
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Eiko Ishibashi The Dream My Bones Dream Published Nov 15, 2018Prolific purveyor of experimental, ethereal psych music and frequent Jim O'Rourke collaborator Eiko Ishibashi is back with her sixth album s...
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Hannu Karjalainen Drift Published Nov 15, 2018Hailing from Helsinki, Finland, sound artist Hannu Karjalainen creates low-key sonic pictures that, as the title suggests, drift along icy c...
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Smashing Pumpkins Shiny and Oh So Bright Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun. Published Nov 13, 2018In true Pumpkins fashion, Shiny and Oh So Bright Vol. 1 defies expectations. Billed as a reunion album, with original members Jimmy Chamberl...
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Mother Mother Dance and Cry Published Oct 31, 2018When a band reaches a certain level of success writing catchy hits that impact the commercial market regularly, it can be easy to overlook t...