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Culprate – Deliverance

Dec 13, 2014By Craig

I had this album recommended to me with the description of “interesting glitchy goodness”. I did a quick search for Culprate on Spotify and listened to the first EP I found. It was some good but fairly standard dub stepRead more…

Dec 13, 2014Craig

Soso – Not For Nothing

Dec 12, 2014By Craig

Soso is a musician and artist from Saskatoon. His style of music has a very unique and personal sound. The music is hip hop but has a very organic sound. The drums in particular are hand picked samples and notRead more…

Dec 12, 2014Craig

December Fest – Live

Dec 11, 2014By Jon

I wasn’t really aware there was a metal scene in Toronto until I saw Ash Lee Blade perform at the Rok Boutique back in 2009. Real metal, I mean. I knew there was metalcore to be found at the OperaRead more…

Dec 11, 2014Jon

AC/DC – Rock Or Bust

Dec 10, 2014By Jon

I have a good rule for parties. If you follow this rule, you will have good parties. AC/DC will always make your party better. It doesn’t really matter which record. Back In Black has the most crowd pleasers. Highway ToRead more…

Dec 10, 2014Jon

Beneath Augusta – You Gotta Come Down Sometime

Dec 9, 2014By Jon

Beneath Augusta was the evolution of (criminally under-appreciated) Toronto space-rock/shoegaze act Mellonova. After parting ways with their rhythm section, singer/guitarist Michael Brennan and guitarist Matthew Cromarty formed a new band and named it after one of the tracks on theirRead more…

Dec 9, 2014Jon

Playlist Monday: Nu-Gaze

Dec 8, 2014By Jon

The shoegaze revival has been in full force for a number of years now. I’ve been hearing other fun terms like nu-gaze and doomgaze. Today’s playlist consists of a handful of noisy bands that may or may not be fascinatedRead more…

Dec 8, 2014Jon

At The Gates – At War With Reality

Dec 7, 2014By Jon

Along with Dark Tranquillity and In Flames, At The Gates is considered to be an originator of the Gothenburg Melodic Death Metal sound, or “melodeath” for short. The idea behind melodeath is to convey melody through guitar instead of vocals.Read more…

Dec 7, 2014Jon

Anderson Paak – Venice

Dec 6, 2014By Craig

Anderson Paak recently released his debut album Venice. I have previously talked about his EP of covers and also mentioned his feature on the latest TOKiMONSTA EP. I like what Anderson Paak offers. He falls some where between Cee LoRead more…

Dec 6, 2014Craig

Tales from the Bargain Bin: Zebrahead – MFZB

Dec 5, 2014By Jon

There are a ton of bad pop-punk albums out there. Most of them sprung up in the late-90’s in the wake of the success of bands like Green Day, NOFX, Pennywise but really mostly Green Day. Suddenly you couldn’t turnRead more…

Dec 5, 2014Jon

Antemasque – S/T

Dec 4, 2014By Mike Quan

After the demise of The Mars Volta was abruptly announced via Twitter, it was a relief to find out that vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala and guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez joined forces once again and formed Antemasque earlier this year. This eponymous debutRead more…

Dec 4, 2014Mike Quan
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