Epic & Deadly Stare - A library called Calder
Craig Martell Craig Martell

Epic & Deadly Stare - A library called Calder

Epic isn’t an outsider artist. Neither is Deadly Stare. They are insider artists. Hip-Hop historians. Rap superfans. A library called Calder is a love letter to hip-hop, a love letter to Canada, and a great example of artists creating art based on their love of art.

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Bells Larsen - Blurring Time
Simone Atenea Medina Polo Simone Atenea Medina Polo

Bells Larsen - Blurring Time

Back in May 2024, I had the pleasure to attend the Land of Talk tour show at The Aviary, where I happened to stumble into Bells Larsen as an accompanying tour act. Soft spoken and with candid demeanour, Bells took the stage with what I’ve come to know now as some of the tracks featuring in his latest album Blurring Time.

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Quinton Barnes - Black Noise
Simone Atenea Medina Polo Simone Atenea Medina Polo

Quinton Barnes - Black Noise

Now we are given a bit of a different take on Quinton Barnes’ creativity with the release of Black Noise only a few months after CODE NOIR was released. Both conceptually and in execution, this new album is a thoughtful interrogation into noise, improv, and experimental sound composition which started out of a casual 2022 tweet that he tossed into the aether: “‘I want to work with noise/improv musicians in some capacity … not sure how yet but the idea is there’.”

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Eliza Niemi - Progress Bakery
Simone Atenea Medina Polo Simone Atenea Medina Polo

Eliza Niemi - Progress Bakery

Simone Atenea Medina Polo reviews the latest record from Toronto’s Eliza Niemi: Progress Bakery is an incredible sophomore album that shows off the breadth of what Eliza Niemi can do.

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SENTRIES - Gem of the West
Clay Geddert Clay Geddert

SENTRIES - Gem of the West

With this record, SENTRIES steps out of the bedroom and onto the stage—but it doesn’t feel like a departure. Instead, it feels like a natural expansion: same ghost, louder haunt.

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Backxwash - Only Dust Remains
Simone Atenea Medina Polo Simone Atenea Medina Polo

Backxwash - Only Dust Remains

The question was left hanging at the end of the former trilogy: what would a new Backxwash release look like after that set of releases? The answer that the album offers is a reconstruction of Backxwash sound prior to God Has Nothing To Do With This informed by the accomplishments of the last decade of her musical career.

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