Category: CD Reviews

Leonard Cohen Popular Problems Columbia Score: A   On Sept. 21, Leonard Cohen turned 80 years old and released a new CD.   Popular Problems is the perfect title for Cohen’s latest release. He...

Slow Leaves   Beauty Is So Common   Slow Leaves   Score: A   Beauty is so Common marks the greatest album thus far for Winnipeg country-tinged folk singer Grant Davidson.   The collaboration...

Watsky   All You Can Do   Steel Wool Records   Score: A+   Poet-turned-rapper and San Francisco native, George Watsky, follows-up his 2013 Cardboard Castles with All You Can Do, which is without...

Bahamas   Bahamas is Afie   Barchords   Score: A+   Bahamas, Canadian Afie Jurvanen’s folk-rock outfit, is untouchable in its third album, the beautiful Bahamas Is Afie. Jurvanen plays most of the parts...

Hunger Hush   Regards   Self-Released   Score: B+     Regards, Calgary indie crooners Hunger Hush’s first record, is a nine-song album of longing that plays itself out like a 90s teen movie....

Craig Cardiff   Love Is Louder (Than All This Noise) Pt. 1 & 2   Self-released   Score: A     Funded through a successful Indiegogo campaign, Craig Cardiff is back with his latest...

Death Set   King Babies EP   Dim Mak   Score: B     Formed in 2005 in Sydney, Australia, but now based out of New York City, three-piece art punk band The Death...

July Talk    July Talk   White Girl Records   Score: A+   The perfect blend of alternative, punk, garage and blues makes up Canadian indie rock band July Talk. Their eponymous debut album...

Tom Milsom   Organs   Self-released   Score: A+ Each track is unique in its sound, structure, and style. “Take Me Out” has a soft psychedelic feel. “Having Fun” starts as a smooth track,...