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Join Caspar Sonnet & Jean-Paul Jenkins in Drone

When my mind is rushing at a mile a minute, I find that it helps to add more nonsense. The least cohesive music allows me to focus on the things that need my utmost attention, and I know I am not alone in this. Drone, ambient, experimental: call it whatever you want. To me, it’s a relief.  <a href=“http://casparsonnet.bandcamp.com/album/signals”>Signals by Caspar Sonnet / Jean-Paul Jenkins</a> … Continue reading Join Caspar Sonnet & Jean-Paul Jenkins in Drone

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Fade Away with Don Vail

Not to be mistaken for the Kanye West album that never was, Fades is the second release from Ontario-based indie rock band Don Vail. The band is comprised of Broken Social Scene alums Bill Priddle and Mitch Bowden; David Dunham, who worked with Bowden in the early ‘00s group Chore; as well as Bob Wilcox, Jordon Zadorozny (Blinker The Star), Kori Pop, and Luke Bentham … Continue reading Fade Away with Don Vail

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Foreign Rhymes Create Familiar Feeling

sngalbums: I did not devote enough time to To Pimp a Butterfly last year, and thus it didn’t make it onto my top ten list of 2015, but there was another rap album that impacted me. Last January, Hype Machine premiered Monster Rally and Jay Stone’s collaborative short LP, Foreign Pedestrians, and it is a masterpiece. Calling it a “rap album” sells this record short. … Continue reading Foreign Rhymes Create Familiar Feeling

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Foreign Rhymes Create Familiar Feeling

I did not devote enough time to To Pimp a Butterfly last year, and thus it didn’t make it onto my top ten list of 2015, but there was another rap album that impacted me. Last January, Hype Machine premiered Monster Rally and Jay Stone’s collaborative short LP, Foreign Pedestrians, and it is a masterpiece. Calling it a “rap album” sells this record short. Monster … Continue reading Foreign Rhymes Create Familiar Feeling

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Everything Everything – Get to Heaven

sngalbums: The first time I heard “MY KZ UR BF” I thought I had discovered something other-worldly. I had never really known what art rock was, but the rhythm and reckless amount of falsetto caught me off guard. I listened to that track incessantly for months, I couldn’t let go of how different and fun and impressive and catchy it was. That album ended up … Continue reading Everything Everything – Get to Heaven

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Feminism or Bust, according to Jenny Hval

You may know the artist for the next installment of my top albums of 2015 list if you saw St. Vincent in North America last March. Clark’s national opener was Jenny Hval, a Norwegian songwriter who began her career in probably the first genre you think of when you hear about this Scandinavian nation: black metal. But her most recent album was not so intense, … Continue reading Feminism or Bust, according to Jenny Hval

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