Records
Blind Pilot: 3 Rounds and a Sound
Skimming through thousands of press releases, one sheets, and publicity e-mails packed with burnished adjectives strung together five or six...
Aug 24, 2009
Records
Telekinesis: Telekinesis!
Happy August 24th! It’s “Evaluate Summer” day, which means fruity alcohol mixers, breezy dusks in short-sleeve shirts, and half-faked memories...
Aug 24, 2009
Records
Various Artists: Global Lingo
The elephant in the room during any review of an album whose primary purpose and reason for existence is charity...
Aug 24, 2009
Records
The Antlers: Hospice
Though it’s always been a theme in popular music, the late 2000s have been awfully kind to the disastrous year...
Aug 24, 2009
Festivals
Electric Eclectics 2009
:: Photos by Moira Campbell
Since most CMG readers won’t know where Meaford, ON is, I invite everyone to consult...
Aug 21, 2009
Tracks
The Fishery Commission: "Brakeman's Blues"
Continuing their tomb-clawing rise from the dead and their dogged “bury us, will you?” aesthetic, Newcastle’s finest the Fishery Commission...
Aug 21, 2009
Records
Lokai: Transition
I’ve been turning the notion over and over in my head for days, rolled the phrase around on my tongue,...
Aug 21, 2009
Records
Destroyer: Bay of Pigs
Oh Destroyer, you lovable piece of shit. People love you, people despise you. Still, you grow that hair long. There...
Aug 21, 2009