Aztec Releases The Best Indie Rock Album Of The Year With Stitches
Let me preface this review by saying Iâve known Summer since she was barely out of her teens and coming out to sit in or jam at various venues I was playing at around Victoria BC. Iâve watched her career with great interest and she has ...
The Stolen Organ Family Band
Horse Treats (Indie)
It pays to have an open mind in this business of writing about music and putting it to press, especi...
'A must-have for anyone looking for a good time.
You're gonna shake your rump on the stompiest sounds
around! Lots of styles, well done, raw sound... Will
find a place within the collection (and hearth) of
people supporting self-produced bands. The ar
Lay it On Me
Self-distributed
Waa-BOOM! With an album title ripped from frontman Ryan Hobenâs muscleman tattoos, indiefolkrocksters Minto punch it open with sludgy dirge, âNew Bonesâ â formerly a chooglinâ alt-country number i...
Bill Johnson contributes eight originals to his Still Blue, each one a fine example of a contemporary blues song, not merely a retread of a familiar 12 bar theme, and each sung in his evocative voice. The variety of approaches, from the sne...
THE BLACK HALOS
We Are Not Alone
Acetate
God bless Billy Hopeless & the Halos. Theyâve earned their entry into that category that bands like Motörhead, AC/DC, & The Ramones (the Holy Trinity of Rock) fit into â you always know wh...
Hush Hush Noise - Band Of The Month
Indie Rock Hall of Famers, Lowest Of The Low, celebrate new album release October 12 in Kingston with By Divine Right
Bill Johnson has made a fantastic release that we highly recommend.
BLACK MOUNTAIN
In The Future
Jagjaguwar
When I hear Stephen McBeanâs slowly-picked A-minor guitar intro for âStormy High,â Iâm almost tricked into thinking itâs a cover of âHellâs Bells,â but then the swing-time Black...
Fans of guitar tone have a lot to learn about Bill Johnson. His fourth album, Cold Outside should be the one that has this Vancouver Island native flying high above the radar, finally. Ripe with an abundance of select tracks, Johnson proves...