A Place To Bury Strangers on Building Sonic Weapons and Playing Shows That Feel Like Car Crashes
By Stephan BoissonneaultIn a phosphorescent haze of a crumbling dream, A Place to Bury Strangers returns to Montreal this week—not as a band, but as a transmission from some rogue frequency where noisy shoegaze dissolves into pure electricity. Their new album, Synthesizer, is a neon-lit séance where analog ghosts wrestle with digital demons in a cathedral of blown-out amplifiers. Each […]
Deerhoof – Noble and Godlike in Ruin
By Stephan BoissonneaultDeerhoof has always thrived on chaos, but with their 19th or 20th, whose counting really, Noble and Godlike in Ruin, the Bay Area experimental rockers refine their signature unpredictability into something strangely cohesive—and sometimes utterly mesmerizing. Their latest offering is a whirlwind of jagged riffs, off-kilter rhythms, and Satomi Matsuzaki’s ever-enchanting vocals, all wrapped in the […]
A party with post-punk Brooklynites TVOD
By Vitta MoralesTelevision Overdose (or TVOD if you’re cool), first appeared on Vitta Morales’ radar a few years ago when the band played at the Dominion Tavern in Ottawa on one of their countless tours. Immediately, he was impressed by the captivating stage presence, catchy tunes, and the easygoing nature of these post-punk Brooklynites; he had the […]
Choses Sauvages – Choses Sauvages III
By Marilyn BouchardHaving appeared with eponymous albums I and II in 2018 and 2021, and renowned ever since for their hypnotic live performances,Choses Sauvages present us with III, a logical but different sequel to their predecessors, from which they have released three extracts. Faithful to a funky sound tinged with punk influences, the band led by Félix […]