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Alanis Obomsawin

“The record is a sonic testament to Obomsawin’s unrelenting fight for Indigenous peoples located within the borders of Canada.”

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Jerusalem in My Heart

I listened to JIMH for the first time whilst freewheeling down West 4th on a clear and beautiful night with the lights of Vancouver shimmering…

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Suuns & Jerusalem In My Heart

When I first learned that Montreal’s dark synth-rock outfit Suuns was digging up some collaborative tracks from a 2012 session with Constellation’s Radwan Ghazi Moumneh,…

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Siskiyou

Inspired by an isolated winter spent in the Yukon,Nervous is an album born of catharsis, minor chords, and the supernatural — the latter being a…

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Esmerine

A Dog River Using harps, strings, mallets and orchestral nubs, Esmerine’s La Lechuza conjures up the stillness and tranquility of hidden lakes and remote forests…

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Siskiyou

Everything I Have It is without a doubt that Colin Huebert’s experience playing drums, percussion and glockenspiel with Great Lake Swimmers has served him well…

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Do Make Say Think

Ambient post-rock veterans return to the basics with their sixth album Other Truths, an homage to their instrumental wall of sound tradition leading to a…

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Clues

Expectations are inevitably going to be lofty for a group that includes former members of the Unicorns and Arcade Fire. Thankfully for band members Alden…

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Explosions in the Sky

Explosions in the Sky certainly start off its latest effort with, appropriately enough, an explosion of sound. All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone begins…

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Explosions in the Sky

Explosions in the Sky certainly start off its latest effort with, appropriately enough, an explosion of sound. All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone begins…