La Chinga – Free Wheelin’
Super stoked for the sophomore slice from these Vancouver-based bashers, who put out their stellar self-titled debut back in 2013. These retro-rock revivalists are…
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Rush – Grace Under Pressure LP
Perhaps the most important thing that Rush proved when they released Grace Under Pressure is that (to paraphrase what George Orwell wrote in 1984)…
Sierra – 72
Really interesting backstory to this record. Kitchener trio Sierra has put out a 22-minute, one-song concept album about a murder that happened in their…
Soon – Vol 1
What, are we running so low on new band names that even adverbs are now in play? As far as monikers go, Soon is…
Buffalo Theory MTL – Skeptic Knight EP
When it comes to Montreal metal, you definitely think of death-metal blastbeats more often than stoner/doom grooves. In fact, this outfit includes guys from…
Snow Burial – Victory in Ruin
How fitting was it that the promo for a band called Snow Burial hit my inbox just as the Northeast was getting snowed under?…
Agoraphobic Nosebleed – Arc EP
Is it just me, or has everybody in grindcore gone sludgy of late? First it was Pig Destroyer with their Mass & Volume EP,…
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble – A Legend in the Making LP
It’s a far more rare event now than it used to be, thanks to the internet digitally bootlegging music and making it all available…
Harrington Saints – Upright Citizen 7”
This year, Harrington Saints really broke through and made an impression when they bucked their own traditions, crossed pop-punk and Oi and changed their…
ECHOES OF YUL – THE HEALING
While post-metal may or may not be at the nadir of scene ascendance, 2015 was undeniably a banner year for left-field, hipster-friendly heavy(ish) outfits….