Review: Little Kid, “Might As Well With My Soul”
Toronto’s Little Kid have created a perfect carousel of gentle, quirky, alt-rock sonic pleasures with “Might As Well With My Soul.” At times relaxed……
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Sparkling, Ephemeral Sounds Orbit the Simple Uncomplicated Beauty of Astral Swans’ Latest Release
What first struck me in Astral Swans’ “Strange Prison” was the intimacy in Matthew Swann’s vocals. It sounds like he’s affectionately speaking, directly to…
Review: Lindi Ortega, “Liberty”
As I relax and listen to the brand new album from Lindi Ortega in the summer of 2018, I do so with a very…
Review: Stephanie Ratcliff, “Land in Unknown Places”
For her third album, Vancouver singer-songwriter Stephanie Ratcliff decided to focus on connections – “specifically about the kinds of connections we have with each…
Review: Eamon McGrath, “Tantramar”
According to Wikipedia, the name “Tantramar” is derived from the Acadian French tintamarre, meaning ‘din’ or ‘racket’, a reference to the noisy flocks of birds which feed…
Brookside Mall: A Pulsing, Soaring, Anthemic Gem
Fredericton, New Brunswick-based Brookside Mall’s self-titled album is a bombastic, enthusiastic collection. These fellas seem ready to raise the rafters of your hometown arena. …
Snappy Snippets: Hadley McCall Thackston, Espanola, Claire Coupland, Jory Nash
2018 continues to be a banner year for new music. Here at Great Dark Wonder, we continue to be overwhelmed with the influx of…
Find a New Favorite: Melody McKiver, “Reckoning”
Melody McKiver is an Anishinaabe musician in the small town of Sioux Lookout in Treaty #3, northwestern Ontario. Following a link from the 2018…
Review: Thomas Stajcer, “Will I Learn To Love Again?”
Raised on a healthy dose of ‘old’ country music, and having enjoyed a short foray into the resurgence of country during the mid 1990s,…
Northern Ontario’s Jackson Reed Takes Us on a Dream Pop Excursion: “Dark Areas of Description”
On his second album titled “Dark Areas of Description,” singer/songwriter Jackson Reed gives us a short but beautiful glimpse into his world. Here is…