top of page


LIVE FROM THE PIT: Metric, Broken Social Scene and Stars
There was something special, something fitting about three of Toronto’s most enduring musical exports sharing a stage together. All three bands had spent decades orbiting the same venues, they had members collaborating and moving between projects as well as real friendships running through each other bands’ foundations. The ‘All the Feelings Tour’ brought all of their tangible history together on one stage and proved to everyone just how much warm, ear-happy noise can come fr
James Smith
Sep 194 min read


REVIEW: Echo & The Bunnymen - Apples For Isaac
ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN are back with their first album in 12 years that showcases the lighter jangly side of their music. For a band best known for atmospheric dark brooding post-punk, it sometimes escapes memory that ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN have a foot firmly in the world of neo-psychodelia. Apples For Issac showcases the band in their more 70s-inspired moments with a heavy dash of indie influence within it. The band have long been influential on so many aspects of the rock world,
Will Freeman
Sep 153 min read


REVIEW: Grandma's House - Baby You're A Winner
Rather than being overfed or put to work by a beloved granny, a visit to this GRANDMAS HOUSE treats us to a post-punk/classic rock sound that borrows from the evolving decades of powerhouse punk and disillusioned grunge, lovingly packaged into the Bristol band’s debut album Baby You’re A Winner. Chock full of gritty riffs, masterfully crafted rhythms, and vocals that mingle from syrupy to coarse in such a way Debbie Harry and Stevie Nicks would appreciate, GRANDMAS HOUSE weav
Julia Stark
Aug 173 min read


REVIEW: Citizen - Halcyon Blues
After nearly two decades of refusing to be put in a box, CITIZEN brings forth a new chapter with Halcyon Blues. Announced alongside the towering lead single Highs and Lows, the album drops on August 7th via Run For Cover Records. Reflecting its spirit, the promotion rollout has so far been an intimate reachout from the band to their audience with surprise shows and a newly announced world tour. Rather than presenting a dramatic stylistic pivot, Halcyon Blues feels like a coll
Lysandre Pons
Aug 33 min read


INTERVIEW: chokecherry - Nerves, Nostalgia, and the Seeds That Grew Into Ripe Fruit
With the newest release from San Francisco's CHOKECHERRY, Ripe Fruit Rots and Falls is out for the world to hear - it’s a brilliant debut album that is sure to ensnare any lover of shoegaze and alt-rock. As they gear up to hit the road for their major US Tour, the band took the time to talk influences, nerves and nostalgia. We spoke to both vocalists, Izzie Clark and E. Scarlett Levinson and wasted no time diving into the band's origins. The two met through the incredibly bus
Ben Blissett
Dec 7, 20255 min read


REVIEW: Man/Woman/Chainsaw - Eazy Peazy
The intrigue at the core of Man/Woman/Chainsaw’s emergence from the ever fruitful London post-punk scene is quite a simple one: how can a band so young already have developed such an expansive yet simultaneously messy sound? Youth be damned, through their impressively distinct early singles, as well as a chaotic live show which sent word of mouth endorsements travelling through the capital like the Tube, they have earmarked themselves as a band to know for those in the know.
Ali Glen
Nov 5, 20243 min read
bottom of page