Gliss Riffer - Dan Deacon
February 24, 2015
Final Rating: 7/10 I saw Dan Deacon open for the Arcade Fire in August, and I was entirely nonplussed. It wasn’t what I expected, it wasn’t what I wanted, and I was completely baffled as…
Sour Soul - BadBadNotGood & Ghostface Killah
February 9, 2015
Final Rating: 8.7/10 “Go down smooth and steady” is an instruction Wu-Tang affiliate Ghostface Killah gives on the third song Six Degrees (a concept we can all attach ourselves to). That’s the goal with Sour…
Reflection - Fifth Harmony
February 3, 2015
Final rating: 7.5/10 Simon Cowell’s music magic never fails. Like the rest of the world, I fell in love with Fifth Harmony’s sound when the girl group was born on the stage of X-Factor. There’s…
Vulnicura - Björk
January 24, 2015
Final Rating: 9.3/10 What a great start to the year. Björk’s new album is dropped merely days after it is announced, and it’s her best work in a decade. Well, the news is good for…
Sonic Highways - Foo Fighters
November 12, 2014
Final Rating: 7.5/10 I can’t think of an album in recent memory more hyped and eagerly anticipated than Foo Fighters’ Sonic Highways. Then again, no album has ever really had this type of promotion behind…
Our Love - Caribou
October 8, 2014
Final Rating: 9.7/10 Toronto native Daniel Snaith has been one of the most consistent electronic musicians to date. No matter what moniker he has gone by (Manitoba, Daphni or Caribou), he has put out success…
You're Dead! - Flying Lotus
October 7, 2014
Final Rating: 9.1/10 Boom! The album starts off with a Goblin-like track that could have been found on the soundtrack to Suspiria (either that or a more humbling rendition of a drone track that would…
Tomorrow's Modern Boxes - Thom Yorke
September 29, 2014
Final Rating: 8.5/10 Remember that surprise release Songs of Innocence? I doubt many will forget that unexpected album anytime soon, and it’s now especially relevant (also for the wrong reasons) now that we have another…
Syro - Aphex Twin
September 24, 2014
Final Rating: 9.1/10 It’s been over ten years since Richard D James has released a full length album under the moniker Aphex Twin, and this called for a special occasion. With a cryptic message from…