Band: Eight and a Half Album: Eight and a Half Eight and a Half is comprised of Dave Hamelin and Liam O’Neil from The Stills and Broken Social Scene’s Justin Peroff. The sound created by this 3-piece, however, is nothing like what you may expect, given the musicians’ previous work. Hamelin’s vocals have an ethereal […]

Artist: Olivier Jarda Album: Good Luck Cartel Moncton’s Olivier Jarda has a great story. The Ottawa-born musician released Diagrams in 2008, but he had found himself working as a climate policy analyst for a think tank in Washington, D.C. after studying at Oxford University. He has since then quit his job, relocated to Halifax and […]

Band: Yukon Blonde Album: Tiger Talk When Yukon Blonde released their self-titled full-length debut in 2010, I was caught off guard. The band had already been making waves out West with an EP (Everything in Everyway) and even before that as Alphababy, but it wasn’t until their full-length that I was aware of their sound […]

Band: Hands & Teeth Album: Hunting Season Shot of choice: Jameson Written by: Chiara DiAngelo Comprised of Natasha Pasternak (vocals, guitar, violin, keys), Jeff Pinto (vocals, keys), Kevin Black (vocals, guitar), Derek Monson (vocals, bass) and Adam Kolubinski (drums), Hands & Teeth play an eclectic mix of experimental-pop, and have pushed the limits even further […]

Band: Boxer The Horse Album: French Residency Written by: Chiara DiAngelo Prince Edward Island’s Boxer the Horse are set to release their follow-up to 2010’s Would You Please on Tuesday, March 13th. Produced once again by Alec O’Hanley (Two Hours Traffic, The Danks), French Residency sees Jeremy Gaudet (guitar, vocals), Andrew Woods (guitar, drums), Isaac […]

Band: Paper Beat Scissors Album: Paper Beat Scissors Paper Beat Scissors is the musical moniker of Tim Crabtree, a transplant to Halifax from England. Although Paper Beat Scissors is a solo effort, Crabtree was not without help when making this self-titled debut record. He assembled some other great musicians to appear on the record – […]

Band: Royal Canoe EP: Extended Play Winnipeg possesses one of Canada’s big secrets: Royal Canoe. Since the debut release of CO OP Mode in 2010, Matt Peters (vocals, keys, guitar) has assembled a group of musicians to play a more permanent role. Peters is joined by Bucky Driedger (guitar, vocals), Matt Schellenberg (keys, vocals), Brendan […]

Band: Bend Sinister EP: On My Mind Written by: Chiara DiAngelo From Vancouver BC, Bend Sinister’s new EP On My Mind drops on Tuesday, and with it, Dan Moxon (vocals, piano), Joseph Blood (guitar, vocals), Matt Rhode (bass) and Jason Dana (drums) once again deliver their signature power-piano-pop-rock tunes. Intentional or not, this EP has […]

Band: The Wooden Sky Album: Every Child A Daughter, Every Moon A Sun Toronto’s The Wooden Sky has released their third full-length album. This quartet is comprised of Gavin Gardiner (vocals, guitar), Andrew Wyatt (bass, vocals), Simon Walker (keys, guitar, vocals) and Andrew Kekewich (drums). After garnering much attention and receiving high praise for both […]

Band: Bronx Cheerleader Album: Real Punks Don’t Sing About Girls Written by: Chiara DiAngelo If you are unfamiliar with Bronx Cheerleader, with a long-awaited new LP being released this week, now is the time to get to know them. Based out of St Catharines, Bronx Cheerleader is: Scott Warren (vocals, guitar), Joe Lapinski (guitar, pedal […]