Why Tanya Tagaq Should Win The Polaris Music Prize
Photo by Ivan Otis “It seems that everybody wants to conform, to follow the same rhythms, four bars, and a chorus. I find that boring.” – Tanya Tagaq in Exclaim “[…] I know music is changing. Inuit...
View ArticleLaura’s Top 10 Releases of 2014
Alvvays (Photo by Colin Medley) by Laura Stanley I’m running out of (snarky) introductions for my year-end lists! Sooo…please enjoy my opinion of outstanding albums, ordered alphabetically, from 2014....
View ArticleMichael’s Top 10 Albums of 2014
Silkken Laumann Despite my previous few years ignoring the conventional “Top 10″ lists, this year I naturally arrived at 10 albums with no internal debate. So here are my top 10 Canadian albums of the...
View ArticleGrayowl Point’s Top 25 Releases of 2016
by Staff Aleem Khan – Urbana Champaign The first words Aleem Khan utters on Urbana Champaign are “simply stunning.” And that’s pretty much a summary of the album itself. Urbana Champaign is an...
View ArticleAudible Hoots: JORDANN, Iskwé, Fanny Price & more
JORDANN – “Ashore” JORDANN’s “Ashore” is a breezy and fun (the thick & funky bass strokes are particularly delicious) track that’s a splash of summer in the face of all this cold and grey weather....
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