Album: Collapse into Now Label: Warner Bros. Rating: 4/5 It’s been nearly thirty years since R.E.M. released their debut album, and with their fifteenth LP they have finally come full circle. After a series of lower profile releases over the past few years, R.E.M’s Collapse into Me arrives with forceful intent. A relatively short
Album: The Big Roar Label: Canvasback Music, Atlantic, Black Bell Rating: 4.5/5 Simply put, The Joy Formidable’s The Big Roar is a monumental odyssey into the realm of musical ecstasy. Juxtaposing ambitiously loud and monstrous sounds with powerful and eerily hypnotic vocals, the album is an embodiment of a wondrous imagination at work. From
Album: See It All Label: None Rating: 2.5/5 There is something to be said about a debut album that contains 17 tracks and lasts over 66 minutes. Unfortunately, everything that can be said is not always positive. Now, there is no denying that White Lightning’s See It All is ambitious in its pursuits. It
Album: Fair Hero Label: Ironside Productions Rating: 4/5 There is no doubt that Kinley is a name foreign to many ears. An Acoustic Folk singer from the prairies of Saskatchewan, Kinley (alias for Josh Docksteader) humbly introduces himself by weaving a web of simplistic pleasure on his debut album Fair Hero. Clearly faith-based (Religious-wise)
Album: It’s a Beautiful Future Label: Rebel Time Records, Clandestine DIY Collective, G7 Welcoming Committee Records, Out of Tune Records Rating: 4/5 The Rebel Spell’s It’s a Beautiful Future is an embodiment of what punk rock is supposed to resemble; an uncompromising lyrical molestation of the senses that is fearless in its onslaught of