Rhododendron - La jachère
When winter arrives, it feels like somebody has taken a giant eraser and removed all of the colour from your surroundings. In place of green, red, and pink hues there are whites and greys.
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Pansy Boys - Seasons of Doubt
In a healthier, pre-COVID world, my hands would (consensually) grab a stranger’s shoulders as I, out of breath, whisper out the album’s Bandcamp tags - “alternative pop…. folk… lush… queer…”, and faint into a bed of roses.
Owen Meany’s Batting Stance - Feather Weights
It’s a bit of alt-folk-rock perfection with a cheery, wistful trumpet melody and an imaginative attention to minutiae that would make John K. Samson blush.
Marie Davidson & L’Œil Nu - Renegade Breakdown
Davidson is confident. Just as confident as she was on Working Class Woman, except now she really gets to put her unflappability to work.
Le Couleur - Concorde
Looking back at the peak of air travel through the lens of loungy disco on their latest album Concorde, Montréal’s Le Couleur deftly avoid the pitfalls of nostalgia by balancing their retro longing with a healthy dose of tragedy.
Kicksie - All My Friends
Kicksie is poised to break out.
Itchy Self - Here’s the Rub
Joe Chamandy (Protruders, Kappa Chow) continues to push back against the modern world with the tunefully scuzzy proto-punk of his new band Itchy Self.