Tracks
The Voluntary Butler Scheme: "Heart Too Bored To Beat"
Like some holidaying student trying to scrabble together a travel fund, Rob Jones is…the Voluntary Butler Scheme: give him a...
Dec 09, 2009
Records
Drake: So Far Gone Mixtape
That’s a big, confrontational score up there, intentionally so. Let’s start with the imperative to even fucking listen to this...
Dec 09, 2009
Records
Gesellschaft Zur Emanzipation des Samples: Circulations
As a Ryerson grad student I go to class, work, and otherwise practically live just around the corner from Toronto’s...
Dec 09, 2009
Records
Shackleton: Three EPs
Arguably, 2009’s two most striking releases in dubstep were two 12 inches. One (Joy Orbison’s “Hyph Mngo/Wet Look”) was a...
Dec 09, 2009
Records
Julianna Barwick: Florine EP
In describing Florine, Julianna Barwick’s second EP, it’s easy to jump to words like “otherworldly” and “pretty.” She builds her...
Dec 09, 2009
Concerts
Mountain Goats
Am I actually being charged $10 for a shitty beer at a venue where the Mountain Goats are about to...
Dec 07, 2009
Records
Baroness: Blue Record
Flexible tastes have characterized this decade. The absence of absolute pop consensus is concurrent with a spate of thriving subcultures,...
Dec 05, 2009
Records
Various Artists: Def Jam 25th Anniversary Collection Box
With a catalog that includes nearly as many videogames and toy lines as it does platinum records, and a name...
Dec 05, 2009
Records
Greenhouse: Electric Purgatory EP
After a period of dormancy where I didn’t know if my city’s music scene was trying to hibernate through this...
Dec 05, 2009