Dana Gavanski Yesterday Is Gone

Published Mar 25, 2020

Dana Gavanski's Yesterday Is Gone is finally here. Named one of Exclaim!'s Emerging Canadian Artists You Should Hear, the record brings all...

KINLEY KINLEY

Published Feb 19, 2020

Following her solo debut, 2016's Letters Never Sent, Hey Rosetta!'s Kinley Dowling is creating her own musical legacy. Brimming with pop hoo...

Rose Cousins Bravado

Published Feb 18, 2020

Rose Cousins has been observing the juxtapositions of the world and carrying them with her. Because of this, dualities permeate her latest r...

Tall Tall Trees A Wave of Golden Things

Published Jan 29, 2020

Armed with his "Banjotron 5000," Mike Savino — also known as Tall Tall Trees — is changing the way you perceive the banjo. If you're imagini...

Kim Harris Heirloom

Published Jan 28, 2020

In December, CBC Music named Kim Harris's Heirloom one of the 25 albums to look forward to in 2020. Aptly, Harris responded with a record th...

Metric The Funhouse, Toronto ON, November 14

Published Nov 15, 2019

"This is not a denial-based experience," Emily Haines announced after she and fellow Metric member Jimmy Shaw had to pause and begin their f...

Leif Vollebekk Explores Different Colours of His Creativity on 'New Ways'

Published Oct 31, 2019

Leif Vollebekk thought he knew what life was about, but then experience proved him wrong. He thought he knew the process of writing a song,...

Leif Vollebekk New Ways

Published Oct 31, 2019

It's been nearly three years since Leif Vollebekk's Polaris Music Prize-shortlisted Twin Solitude shone a spotlight on his talent for emotiv...

Gabrielle Papillon Shout

Published Oct 22, 2019

Gabrielle Papillon showcases versatility through pop on her seventh record. Glimmering with clean production choices, but never eclipsing he...

Sam Weber Everything Comes True

Published Oct 22, 2019

Sam Weber writes songs that dig deep into internal spaces while breaking free of static geography. Claiming this record to be at once his mo...

Devarrow Devarrow

Published Oct 01, 2019

Devarrow's Graham Ereaux is working to define himself within, or maybe against, the millennial generation he belongs to. Raised with technol...

Jeremie Albino Pulled the Songs on New Album 'Hard Time' From Fertile Songwriting Soil

Published Aug 13, 2019

Asked about his new album Hard Time, Jeremie Albino says he always comes back to the belief that being yourself makes the strongest art.  ...

Jeremie Albino Hard Time

Published Aug 06, 2019

There is no shortage of confidence in Jeremie Albino's music. Whether he's playing rollicking old school rock'n'roll or delivering slower, g...

Anna Wiebe All I Do Is Move

Published Jul 22, 2019

Working with cycles, Anna Wiebe's latest record, All I Do is Move, employs growth as a theme, while also showcasing her own as an artist. Al...

Joanna Sternberg Then I Try Some More

Published Jul 10, 2019

For a debut, Joanna Sternberg's Then I Try Some More conceals no raw nerves — everything is placed on the line.   The artist has been crea...

Merival Lesson

Published Jun 19, 2019

Tension is a force that pushes and pulls, a hole that can open up inside, needing to be patched with delicate care. Merival (Toronto-based s...

Cat Clyde Hunter's Trance

Published Jun 11, 2019

If Cat Clyde's first album drew similes of saloons and smooth bourbon, her sophomore release, Hunter's Trance, takes turns pushing deeper an...

Her Crooked Heart To Love to Leave to Live

Published May 28, 2019

Metamorphosis is nothing new for Rachel Ries; she shifted from releasing music under her own name to current moniker Her Crooked Heart in 20...

Alexia Avina All That I Can't See

Published May 16, 2019

Alexia Avina waited until midnight to record the songs on All That I Can't See while in the French countryside, making space and time clear...

Lucette Deluxe Hotel Room

Published May 14, 2019

How do you emulate the multi-faceted layers of emotion that hotel rooms bring? Since 2014's Black Is the Color, Lucette has experienced her...