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Real Live Action: Noose Sweat

The sound of guitar and drums beckoned the crowd that had formed outside the venue back in, and not a few hands started pulling out…

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Soft Serve

The new Soft Serve EP, Trap Door, is a whirlwind of guitar. The project is almost 17 minutes of solos, bass lines, riffs and drums,…

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Nathan Shubert

Beautiful. That’s the best way to describe Nathan Shubert’s album Folds. The songs evoke an intimate, homey feeling, akin to staying in the house depicted…

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Evy Jane

Evy Jane’s Breaking creates an atmosphere that suspends you by the thinnest thread in darkness. Then the music and vocals sway you gently but forcibly…

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The James Black Gallery

Colourful tortellini and chicken catch my eye in the kitchen at The James Black Gallery as I wait for artist residents, Misery Fields and Zandi…

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Pavel

You just know that there’s a perfect time to listen to some albums. Pavel’s electronic, lo-fi mini LP [sic] is one of them. The opener,…