Category: CD Reviews

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,...

Avril Lavigne   Avril Lavigne   Epic Records   Score: F Lavigne’s fifth studio release is a “teenage dispair” album that’s half-fluff and half-upbeat angst, cleverly ignoring the fact that she’s actually no longer...

Gavin DeGraw Make a Move RCA Records Score: A+   After being away for two years, Gavin DeGraw has come back with, arguably, some of the best songs he has ever written. DeGraw continues...

Lorde Pure Heroine Universal Music Group Score: A     Sixteen -year-old New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde’s debut albums, Pure Heroine, was released in Canada in late September. Lorde manages to address some mature themes...