Cloudspeakers

The second album from this Toronto band marks not only a more dynamic sound but more members. On the debut, they were a duo - now they've swelled to ten. They mix the melodic with the heavy beat an... Read more

This Montreal band debuts with an impressive album of densely arranged orchestral pop colored with folk, post-punk, classical and more, bringing to mind Neutral Milk Hotel and even Modest Mouse at ... Read more

LCD Soundsystem is the project of New York musician/producer James Murphy, who’s also co-owner of the hip dance-punk label DFA. His early singles were brilliant satirical jabs at myopic music scen... Read more

Produced by Modest Mouse’s Isaac Brock, this Montreal band’s debut full-length combines the rickety indie-rock of Modest Mouse with New Wave keyboards while working in lots of intriguing sonic deta... Read more

This Toronto band offers up more on their third album: More instrumentation (exotica like autoharp, accordion, banjo and musical saw along with plenty of guitars, horns and strings), more band memb... Read more

Just as champion athletes train to run about and jump over things, a music writer must hone their body and brain to the exact specifications of the track they're reviewing.Listening to this song so... Read more

The much-anticipated 2nd album of orchestral indie-rock from this Montreal band doesn’t disappoint - the production is even denser and the subject matter bleaker than on Funeral, but the songs are ... Read more

The release of the single 'Let's Make Love And Listen To Death From Above' was one of the most exciting things to happen to my ears last year. And although no other song on the CSS album quite live... Read more

They call it the international language of music, which is a dreadfully poncy way of describing the fact that you can play a mournful ditty to a teenager in Sheffield and a grandmother in Nairobi a... Read more

The 2nd album from this New York dance-rock project led by producer James Murphy is even better than the excellent debut, featuring a broader, more fully realized sound, stronger vocals and a varie... Read more