Honourable Mentions Pyres – YUN and Cold Slither – Self-Titled A pair of metal bands. I like to say there are two ends of the metal spectrum – hair metal and beard metal. Pyres’s full-length is definitely the beard variety.Read more…

Honorable Mentions The Bare Minimum – Doomed City and Shiv and the Carvers – Tell Me You Love Me Again Doomed City sees punk/metal outfit The Bare Minimum taking aim at their hometown of Toronto. The title track paints aRead more…

Honorable Mentions Mip Power Trio – “Press Rewind” and Sixteen Scandals – “C.R.O.C.H.E.T.” As a rule I don’t include releases from my label Cartridge Heart in these lists. But as a music fan, I have to acknowledge the excellence thatRead more…

In each issue of the print version of Plastic and Wax I include listings of new releases from independent bands. I’ve compiled them here for easy-browsing (and included a few extras). I’ve also included Bandcamp links because it’s the mostRead more…

In each issue of the print version of Plastic and Wax I include listings of new releases from independent bands. I’ve compiled them here for easy-browsing (and included a few extras). I’ve also included Bandcamp links because it’s the mostRead more…

In each issue of the print version of Plastic and Wax I include listings of new releases from independent bands. I’ve compiled them here for easy-browsing (and included a few extras). I’ve also included Bandcamp links because it’s the mostRead more…

2024 was a good year! I found no shortage of good stuff to listen to. Ranking these records was not easy. But going back and getting to listen to them all over and over was a lot of fun. HonourableRead more…

Last year I only wrote about two EPs and I feel like I barely scratched the surface. The changing nature of music consumption continues to fight against the album format. Whether it’s shorter attention spans (guilty) or the need toRead more…

Honourable Mentions Lyfe Sk!llz – “Pizza Party” and Wednesday Bender – “Wiley Coyote” I had to disqualify both of these tracks from my Top 5 list for the same reasons: #1 Neither song was properly released as a single, butRead more…

In each issue of the print version of Plastic and Wax I include listings of new releases from independent bands. I’ve compiled them here for easy-browsing (and included a few extras). I’ve also included Bandcamp links because it’s the mostRead more…