There’s always been a sense of something bigger going on behind Arcade Fire. The Canadian alternative rock collective has felt more like a musical movement than a traditional band. They’re not about singles or torch-bearers of a particular music trend,…
From the Record Crate: Whiskeytown – “Strangers Almanac” (1997)
Ryan Adams’s chief asset as a songwriter is arguably his ability to mold his struggles in articulate chunks that the average listener can really take to heart. He certainly got the opportunity to flex this muscle during his Whiskeytown days,…
Album Review: The Dears – “Times Infinity Volume Two”
The Dears are no stranger to the limelight. Formed in 1995 by Murray Lightburn and Natalia Yanchak, the Quebec group has enlightened listeners with their alternative sounds for quite sometime now. So when Times Infinity Volume Two debuted, I was…
Album Review: Alison Moyet – “Other”
Alison Moyet has perhaps the best first track off an album that I’ve heard all year. With Other, her ninth studio album, Moyet gives us a beautifully crafted electropop album. The dark and theatrical synths complement Moyet’s deep contralto, one…
Album Review: Flogging Molly – “Life is Good”
Writer Sarah Dollard aptly described “Galway Girl” by Ed Sheeran as “that fiddly dee Oirish girl song.” Those words can be applied to almost any sort of genre crossover involving Celtic music: artists want the work to draw from the…
Album Review: Cashmere Cat – “9”
I first fell in love with Magnus Høiberg completely unintentionally. Back in 2014, I was a huge fan of Ariana Grande—still am, actually—and listened to her album My Everything on a constant loop. I particularly loved the song “Be My…
Interview: Tim Steward of Screamfeeder
Over the past 25 years, Screamfeeder has built a name for themselves as one of the top alternative bands in Australia. Consisting of singer and guitarist Tim Steward, bassist Kellie Lloyd, drummer Dean Shwereb and guitarist Darek Mudge, the band…