Alpen Glow - Amertape 2020
Amery Sandford swaps out the beachy slacker-rock of her band BBQT for a sleek electronic sound on the debut release from Alpen Glow.
Reviews
Harley Alexander - I'm Feeling Things EP
RIYL: Brighten the Corners-era Pavement; Alex G; Haley HeynderickxI’m Feeling Things, by Harley Alexander6 track albumHarley AlexanderHarley Alexander
Harley Alexander is used to roaming across Canada, but he's in no rush to get a move on on his latest EP, I’m Feeling Things. “Slacker pop”
Mi’ens - Future Child
RIYL: Sonic Youth; Lightning Bolt; Yonatan GatFuture Child, by Mi’ens8 track albumMi'enstofupotpie
Climbing into the future on a mathy spiral of guitar and drum rushes, Vancouver based duo Mi’ens tap into their surroundings and go widescreen on their third proper release. The guitar squalls of tracks
The Switching Yard - Brent
RIYL: Spacemen 3; TV Freaks; TonstartssbandhtBrent, by The Switching Yard10 track albumThe Switching Yardwolfrivergirl
Saskatoon’s Chris Laramee has been involved in a laundry list of excellent projects, from instrumental doom-rockers Shooting Guns to the organ-drenched dream-pop of the Radiation Flowers and the dubby damage of his
New Fries - Is the Idea of Us
RIYL: DNA; Palberta; rock music smashed into 1,000 pieces and taped back together againIs The Idea Of Us, by New Fries13 track albumNew Friesemmatonkss
Since stripping down to a trio, the arty post-post-punk sound of Toronto’s New Fries has become even more distilled and abstract. Singer
French Class - Tape 2
RIYL: Junichi Masuda; Brad Allen Fuller; more cowbellTape 2, by French Class7 track albumFrench ClassBandcamp New & Notable Mar 20, 2025
The second tape from Megumi Kimata’s French Class project often feels like a video game obsessed electronic producer trying on different genres, but each track on Tape 2
Backxwash - STIGMATA EP
RIYL: JPEGMAFIA; Atrocity Exhibition-era Danny Brown; ditching Sunday School to listen to Black SabbathSTIGMATA EP, by Backxwash4 track albumBackxwashBandcamp New & Notable Oct 17, 2017
2020 has been a massive year for Backxwash. The Montreal-based, Zambia-born horrorcore rapper released her album God Has Nothing To Do With