Category: CD Reviews

Beck Patterson, Contributor Coax Records | Score: A+ Calgary native Rae Spoon’s latest release, Armour, is a fresh take of Spoon’s signature haunting melancholy. Following up 2013’s My Prairie Home’s blend of folk and...

Bigoa Machar, Arts Editor G.O.O.D Music | Score: B+ Controversy. Craziness. Carefree. All of the above can be used to describe the process leading up to Kanye West’s latest project. Me, being the Kanye...

Brett Luft, Staff Writer Universal Music Enterprises | Score: B+ Wolfmother is sticking to its roots and delivering a hard rock sound that hasn’t strayed much from the band’s 2005 self-titled released. But while...

Robyn Welsh, Staff Writer 4AD | Score: A- Daughter’s second album Not to Disappear originated in a place of pain. It examines the struggles of death, emptiness, loneliness, and how to cope with these....

Brett Luft, Staff Writer Tradecraft/Universal | Score: C Chris Adler joins Megadeth. That sounds really good, right? Wrong. Although It has tons of great guitar solos, some totally jammin’ bass riffs and some fresh...

Bigoa Machar, Arts Editor Alantic Records | Score: A One of the things I always stress when talking about musicians is growth. I usually rip on people for constantly bringing the same sound over and...

Bigoa Machar, Arts Editor Score: C Maybe I’m a little hungry, but G-Eazy reminds me of a Calzone. You would never choose a Calzone over a pizza, but if it’s presented to you then you...

Bigoa Machar, Arts Editor Score: B+ Hooray for Canadian hip hop! Classified has been in the rap game for over 20 years, with most of the success coming in recent years for the Halifax rapper....

Bigoa Machar, Arts Editor Score: D Even before listening to this album, I knew exactly what I was going to listen to. For years, Rick Ross has been rapping about the exact same thing to...