Music

Mr. Scruff | Friendly Bacteria [ALBUM REVIEW]

When you’re prefaced by an artist’s PR rep saying that an album is more “serious” and “mature,” it’s pretty easy to dismiss it, and say to yourself, “Ugh, one of those albums.” But, if you’ve got a discography spanning almost 20 years, it’s unlikely that you wouldn't have picked up few tips along the way. Just as all artists are driven to improve themselves, Mr. Scruff (a.k.a.

White Lung | Deep Fantasy [ALBUM REVIEW]

Vancouver punk trio White Lung’s third album, Deep Fantasy, sees the continuation of the group’s accessible ferocity. While the band is as thrashy as ever, this album sees them exploring new emotional depths. This is shown in standout track “Lucky One”, where front woman Mish Way addresses a sense of pride vacillating into a need for validation.

Pink Mountaintops | Get Back [ALBUM REVIEW]

Most people know about Stephen McBean's Black Mountain—the Vancouver psych rock band—but it is Pink Mountaintops, McBean's more traditional rock'n'roll outfit, that deserves the praise this time around, with the release of their new album Get Back. Put your razor away, and don't worry about sending those jeans through a wash cycle. Light up a smoke and crack open a Banquet, because this is summer bar rock in its finest form.

Tobacco | Ultima II Massage [ALBUM REVIEW]

If you were to lock RJD2 in the “eighties foreign horror” section of an abandoned Blockbuster, armed only with a bag of magic mushrooms, vocoder, and drum machine powered by a motorcycle made of children’s tears, he would emerge to the sounds of “Father Sister Berzerker” triumphantly named Tobacco. Tobacco (Thomas Fec of Black Moth Super Rainbow) follows up the frenzy of Maniac Meat more focused than ever.

NXNE line-up announcement [video]

Our besties over at NXNE just dropped their full line-up for their festival. Not only are we excited about the acts that they are bringing in, we love this clever little video they did to make the announcement. We will also be making some announcements soon on a contest that will take you and a friend to NXNE on us. Stay tuned for that, but in the meantime have a watch and enjoy.

WORLD EXCLUSIVE | UnMap remix Shadow Boxer

Any new jungle in, guy? It’s tough to think of drum & bass and its more syncopated counterpart as being made with brass instruments and guitars, and it’s even more difficult to think of a way to remix a song from a band whose dynamic is definitely unique. Somehow, UnMap has, delivering a future-funk R&B equivalent of Shapeshifter’s single “Shadow Boxer” from their latest  album, Delta.

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