We often underestimate how much meaning a sound can carry before we even begin to interpret it. Certain sounds are inseparable from memory, geography, ritual, and cultural experience; others acquire new meanings...
Destructo Disk has been a fixture of Richmond's DIY punk scene since 2015, building a reputation on relentless touring and self-releases through their own label, Sockhead Records, rather than waiting for anyone...
Somewhere along the line, worship music became afraid of weirdness.
Maybe it happened when somebody discovered that four chords, an enormous chorus and enough reverb to fill Noah’s Ark could reliably make an...
The problem with empowerment songs is that everybody sounds empowered by the second chorus. Heart shattered? Fixed. Self-esteem missing? Located. Rotten boyfriend? Deleted. Three minutes later everybody's stronger, wiser, hotter, and presumably...
Some of the most interesting creative chapters begin when we least expect them. For 50mething, that chapter arrived at 58, with a decision to finally bring decades of ideas and a catalogue...
We often talk about music as an escape from reality, but sometimes it is less about escaping than figuring things out. “Bent Out of Shape” by Peter Manning Robinson emerges from precisely...
"This is My Crescendo" is a rare thing, a song written entirely from inside the ritual of a concert pianist's premiere day. Rather than romanticizing performance from the outside, it tracks the...
Mayfield Records is proud to present the thrilling self-titled debut album by Ben Lester. Years in the making, these 13 tracks combine gorgeous melodies and evocative lyrics with a musical intricacy informed...
BC-based rock musician Steve Montgomery, writing and recording under the SkipRock Music banner, has released his latest full-length album, Living the Dream Right Now. The nine-track collection blends his signature classic rock...
Andrei British has been building out this same fictional world for a while now. This cantina exists in the same universe as "Alien Jazz Girl," his earlier single inspired by John Williams'...
If a city could have a playlist, Marbella would probably have very strong opinions about the bass. Anna Kam’s “Marbella” leans fully into the destination’s sun-soaked, international energy, combining Latin pop, reggaeton...
The most interesting thing about “Unicorn Stallions” by Cosmic Gloss might be the contradiction at its centre: a song built from electronic production that seems deeply preoccupied with the natural world. The...
Somewhere north of Milan, an afternoon studio session turned into a dance-floor-ready night-time fantasy. That is essentially the story behind Kindoki’s LA NUIT ROUGE, a single that grew organically from the duo’s...
Love songs have given us plenty of metaphors: stars, oceans, fire, heaven. Amanda Holley goes somewhere considerably more appetising. In “Seasoning,” attraction is measured in cinnamon, peppermint, citrus, and cravings; a playful...
