REVIEW: Honne's debut album - Warm on a Cold Night
Honne, a London-based electronic music duo, has recently released their debut album, titled Warm on a Cold Night. The title for the album fits perfectly, and the reasons for this are two-fold. Firstly, Honne's first single, and subsequently...
Zach Schimpf Announces New Album and Shares New Single "DizZzy"
Zach Schimpf just announced the release date for his 6th album titled Who Speaks To You?. It is set for release on August 5th at which point you can stream or purchase the CD over at Zach’s Bandcamp....
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The Most Intriguing Hip-Hop of 2016 (Thus Far)
I know that when I was developing my musical tastes as a teenager, I would only listen to alternative rock music. I was stanchly against music that I felt was “less sophisticated”, like country or rap. I held this attitude until I made new friends later on, who then introduced me to country...
MIXTAPE: wavy summer breeze
ARTGOON: Lately things feel like an ice cream cone dropped upside down on the hot pavement turning sour. But summer '16 ain't over yet. It's time to grab the speakers and hit the lake, trek cross-state to find something other...
REVIEW: "Nothing’s Real" by Shura
Singer-songwriter and producer supreme Shura has been attracting critical adoration since releasing a smattering of singles in 2014, neatly packaged and remixed by the likes of Jungle and Warpaint in the White Noise EP which dropped last July.
Touch was omitted from that...
The Celebration and Sadness of Freetown Sound
Freetown Sound, the third studio album released under Dev Hynes' act Blood Orange, is being hailed as an "album of the times," which is to say an album of pathos. "It's what's going on. What else could I do?" asked Hynes in a June Apple Beats 1 interview, on the morning...
Weird Lines Release Self-Titled Debut Album
Weird Lines is a new project from Canadian indie queen Julie Doiron, CL McLaughlin, and Jon McKiel along with their fellow Maritime friends and musicians James Anderson, Michael C. Duguay and Chris Meaney. Based out of Sackville, New Brunswick, the...
Why a former emo-punk band and a synth-pop group now have the same sound
I’ve always been fascinated at how musical trends develop and evolve. Sometimes a geographical region breeds a certain type of sound. Other times, an influential artist inspires other acts to emulate them. In any case, I want to explore this phenomenon by looking...
REVIEW: “U” by Tourist
London based electronic producer and songwriter William Phillips AKA Tourist released his debut album in May, and it’s an absolute beauty.
Following a trio of EPs, U marks a distinct turn in the producer’s career; one unduly defined by the success of others. Stepping back...