• New Tune Review: Dreamy Synth Pop

    Wow. Sitting here in my basement apartment wondering why I haven’t written the New Tune Review about Kitzl.  Getting ahead of the hyper-pop wave with dreamy-synth production and ethereal, effect-drenched […]

  • New Tune Review: Collective Trauma

    CAPRICE SOLEIL · “LONELY” KW-based rapper Caprice Soleil was perhaps first known for his precise production on tracks reaching as far as Florida in terms of influence. Building off of […]

  • Community Support Keeps Local Music Scene Alive During COVID-19

    “I had a show the week of the lockdown,” Kyle Wappler explained. “Two days after that show was when shit hit the fan.” “March 11,” he paused for emphasis. Wappler […]

  • New Tune Review: Distinctive and Hypnotic

    Kitchener rapper Pizzy Only’s brand of aggressive, brooding trap is both distinctive and hypnotic. With releases on popular upload sites SoundCloud and Datpiff stretching back as far as 2012, it’s […]

  • New Tune Review: Lush Rock Ballad

    Little Joy by Death Party Playground Little Joy by Death Party Playground has been a long time coming. I remember hearing early versions of some songs in the final track […]

  • New Tune Review: “Might” by Paper Hats

    The Peanut Gallery: A Year in Review (Vol. 1) by Splendid Industries Full disclosure: I’m traditionally a big fan of formulaic, bubble-gum music of any genre and my preferences have […]

  • New Tune Review: Sundiver

    Sundiver is, to put it simply, alt-rock at its finest. For a band that defies genre in practice and in theory, it is difficult to draw comparisons — I recently […]

  • New Tune Review: A Real Bad Egg

    Serotonin Flush #10301985 by Bad Egg You know those performances that just stick with you? The kind that leave an everlasting impression across the vast emotional spectrum, from vitriol to […]

  • New Tune Review: Waveson

    Today is a special day because I get to write about a local artist that I discovered through a sponsored post on Instagram. Isn’t the world a funny place? I […]