Month: July 2010

By: Sheena Lyonnais
July 8, 2010

I’m not afraid to admit Jason Collett is in the top three of my favourite Broken Social Scene members, not just because I have a feeling we were born in the same hospital and thus possibly are of similar mindsets.  His songs reflect an unabashed ability to sing about real things, not necessarily coated with pretty words, but always with heart, soul and conviction.  His latest release Rat A Tat Tat falls nicely into his collection of solo work without straying too far stylistically from previous releases and is possibly his best to date.

By: Sheena Lyonnais
July 8, 2010

Vancouver’s Said The Whale have returned with a full-length album that is prepared to swallow you whole.  Islands Disappear shines in lyrics and instrumentation, spread across a sea of reflection, growing up on the West Coast where girls sometimes flee to Ontario and we leave our homes sooner than we ever imagined we would.

By: Sheena Lyonnais
July 7, 2010

Hannah Georgas, you write the kind of songs that coexist with summer days, reading books under trees, oversized sunglasses and cute hats with floral prints on bicycles.  Her debut full-length This Is Good prevails at living up to the buzz generated by her EP the Beat Stuff, surpassing the hype to create an album that is equally grounded, but already showing an enhanced sense of maturity in its approach to song writing.

By: Jen White
July 7, 2010
 
Belgravia Hotel, the debut full-length album from Toronto’s Birds of Wales , is simplistic in its songwriting, but its layers offer a lush, radio-friendly sound. Opening track “My Lady in July” sets the sappy, light rock tone of the album, and lead single “Uninteresting” is a ballad that would fit perfectly on adult contemporary/pop-rock radio stations.