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Well, Perfume Genius was supposed  to be here, but let's just say it hadn't synced properly on my iPod, which meant I needed to t...

It's been a really long time since I've talked about Radiohead in any capacity, the critical darling of so many music critics, Sta...

So apparently the upload failed in the middle of the night, and I was long asleep. Figures. In any case, it's a pretty solid review, ...

First review of tonight, and it's pretty damn solid, definitely like and recommend it. Tove Lo review coming momentarily, stay tune...

So as the end of the Billboard year approaches in a few months, many music critics, particularly those of us who cover pop music, are star...

Occasionally you see people working the music industry who generate an insane amount of music. They've got work ethics like none other...

Finally, took way too long to get to this album, but I'm happy I got to it.  In any case, next up will either be Ty Segall or one o...

There are certain metal and rock bands that are tricky to talk about - and you wouldn't think, upon first glimpse, that Opeth would fa...

Man, I wish this record was better. I do like Lights, but this album didn't really stand out. Okay, next up is (finally) Opeth. Sta...

The more I think about it, the more I'm surprised I didn't really get into Lights when I was at university. I mean, at first glimp...

Well, this gave me way more to talk about than I was expecting. Good to see that happening, even though, like with Tim McGraw, I don'...

Okay, if you've been listening to country music beyond just the past year or two, you've probably noticed that certain acts tend t...

I honestly don't expect this review to get a tremendous amount of traffic... but then again, you never know, and I wanted to say my p...

It's hard, as a critic, to talk about some acts with which you grew up. These are bands that are lodged in your formative psyche and t...

I went into this hoping this was going to be good or that U2 was actually going back to their roots. Wishful thinking, I know, but man, s...

On September 9th of this year, Apple unveiled its newest tech lineup, which included the newest iterations of the iPhone and the Apple Wat...

Dear god, this album kicked all amounts of ass. Epic and yet accessible and somehow making it all work, it's easily one of the best o...

There are some bands that when you look through their discography or their charting singles, you wonder why on God's green earth they ...

Finally got around to talking about these guys, and man, it was worth it. Solid, thought-provoking record, definitely worth a look. And...

So let's return to the Canadian music scene for a bit. Now as I've mentioned in the past, I now live in Toronto which is one of th...