Music Archive
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Monkey House—“Headquarters” Review
Posted on May 18, 2012 | No Comments“Headquarters” by Monkey House is a really bizarre record. Not in the quirky, Frank Zappa kind of way, but in a more “why does this album even exist?” kind of... -
Montreal Rockers The Handsome Furs Announce Breakup
Posted on May 18, 2012 | No CommentsMontreal rockers The Handsome Furs have officially decided to call it quits. Playing music together since 2006, The Furs (who consist of husband-and-wife team Dan Boeckner and Alexei Perry) were... -
July 1 Declared The Tragically Hip Day in Oro-Medonte
Posted on May 18, 2012 | No CommentsFrom a press release, May 17, 2012, Indoor Recess: The Tragically Hip are returning to their infamous Canada Day stomping grounds this July 1st with an epic festival show at... -
Parlovr Strikes Gold with “Kook Soul”
Posted on May 16, 2012 | No CommentsIndie-pop is big business these days. Only hitting within the last decade or so, it’s arguably the most popular form of guitar-based music today, a revival of the fun part... -
Burlington’s Walk Off the Earth Break YouTube Records with Gotye Cover
Posted on May 16, 2012 | No CommentsBurlington, Ontario’s own Walk Off the Earth has just made YouTube history when it passed the 100 million view mark for their cover of Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to... -
Acoustic Soul – A Review of JP Hoe’s “Mannequin”
Posted on May 15, 2012 | No CommentsThere is no shortage of folk-influenced singer-songwriters in Canadian music—for better or worse. A popular but seemingly saturated genre, folk music has long since enjoyed a prominence in Canada unlike... -
Singer-Songwriter Lesley Pike Explores the Ins and Outs of Love in New Album
Posted on May 14, 2012 | No CommentsBefore launching in to my review of Tug of War, the new album by Canadian songstress Lesley Pike, let me take this opportunity to reveal a personal fact: I have... -
Five Alarm Funk – A Review of “Rock The Sky”
Posted on May 11, 2012 | No CommentsI consider myself to be a lover of all genres of music. I grew up on classical. I love R&B, hip hop, and jazz. And no one can touch Mariah... -
Live Legacy – A Review of Gordon Lightfoot’s “Massey Hall Moments”
Posted on May 9, 2012 | No CommentsIn some ways the notion of the live compilation album seems like a very base cash grab by record companies to make some extra revenue from an artist’s popularity without...











