PICK OF THE WEEK

Surreal and soft as silk in “The Flame (featuring Kerry Ironside),” robust and yet gentle in “Planet 8 (featuring Sharon Court),” the string play in Andy Michaels’ new album Incendiary Heart is a cornerstone of the record’s charisma, but don’t get me wrong – it’s but one component in the multifaceted splendor …

Piano keys crash down from the heavens above. Jon Gonzalez’s voice penetrates the deluge of chaos with a sharply-defined melody undamaged by the adjacent discord. His words accumulate and form a cloud over the instrumentation in the foreground, and before we know it, they are as strong as any aural …

With a fiddle’s excited cry, “Something About A Train Sound” starts off Irene Kelley’s Benny’s TV Repair with a swinging optimism set to a bluegrass harmony unlike any other we’ll hear in the other ten songs on the album. At the end of this track, we immediately jump into the simplistic strut …

Hunting Memories, the 20 song album by Visual Artist Tahiti Pehrson, is everything is would seem to be once you’ve been through the entire track list to find a cool album worth recommending. ABOUT TAHITI PEHRSON: http://www.tahitipehrson.com/ “Smoke Screen” is an instrumental track with some tasty guitar and keyboard interplay …

Anthems 2 Love, the latest record from Jupiter in Velvet, starts amidst waves crashing on a deserted beach somewhere in “A Cooler Shade of Mad,” hinting at the distant surrealism that will be a theme throughout the next five tracks that come after this opening cut. A fuzzy guitar and …

The third album release from Kerry Pastine and The Crime Scene, City of Love, promises to be a transformative addition to Pastine’s growing discography. Pastine rates as one of the best vocalists today, regardless of genre or gender, and her commanding presence throughout the album’s title track and first single elevates …

In “The Statement is the Answer,” the opening salvo of guitar-driven sonic devilry forced out of the speakers by Parker Longbough essentially sets the tone for all of the violent melodies that will soon follow its four minute introduction to Green and Gold/Drink the Hemlock, Longbough’s latest release. A kaleidoscopic new …

Alone at first, a piano stumbles into the opening of “When You Think No One Loves You” like a lonesome drunkard looking to find some solace in the loving arms of a local pub, but only a few seconds into this new track from David Leask, Leask himself enters the …

As essential as the lyrics that Mattia Pironti sings with such heartfelt emotion, the blistering beats that come firing at us from all directions at the midway point of the new single “Don’t Stand a Chance” are some of the more physically imposing of any you’ll hear in a Canadian …

Jeremy Rice’s improbably titled new release Jeremy Rice and the Legendary Fist of Takinawa is Rice’s first since relocating to Quebec City in 2016. It likewise reflects lessons learned from his time scoring television programs, video games, and commercials in addition to his pre-existing solo work and tenure with bands such as …