Evan Dando / Sara Johnston The Capital Complex, Fredericton NB, May 29

Published May 30, 2014

Despite the popularity of the '90s reunion tours that many bands are so keen on at the moment, there's something kind of frightening about t...

How To Train Your Dragon [Blu-Ray] Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders

Published May 27, 2014

These days, it is almost inevitable that movie studios will find any excuse to release their blockbusters on Blu-ray multiple times. So with...

School of Language Old Fears

Published Apr 07, 2014

David Brewis has always been a busy man. In addition to being part of the terribly underrated Field Music with his brother Peter, he has als...

Veep: The Complete Second Season

Published Mar 25, 2014

Armando Iannucci might not be the best-known name, especially to North American audiences, but he's been responsible for some of the best co...

Withered Hand New Gods

Published Mar 24, 2014

Dan Wilson's debut album as Withered Hand was a wonderfully low-key affair in the grand tradition of Scottish troubadours like Aztec Camera'...

L.A. Law: Season One

Published Mar 10, 2014

If there ever was a series that was the poster child for the 1980s, it would be L.A. Law. From the ubiquitous '80s sax in its theme to the u...

Lancelot Link: Secret Chimp

Published Feb 24, 2014

It really was a different time in the 1970s. It was a time when a couple of scriptwriters from the hugely popular show Get Smart could come...

Lost in the Trees Past Life

Published Feb 18, 2014

Lost In The Trees' last album, A Church That Fits Our Needs, was in essence a very moving tribute to the mother of their frontman Ari Picker...

Temples Sun Structures

Published Feb 07, 2014

There was a time when a recommendation from Noel Gallagher or Johnny Marr carried a bit of weight, but somehow their statement about Temples...

The Beast Of Hollow Mountain/The Neanderthal Man Edwards Nassour and Ismael Rodriguez/E.A. Dupont

Published Jan 28, 2014

If there's one thing that Shout Factory is good at doing, it's rescuing movies and TV shows from disappearing into the memory void. Such is...

Bullet In The Face: Complete Series

Published Jan 21, 2014

Anyone who can remember the '80s cop show parody Sledge Hammer! knows that creator Alan Spencer doesn't really do sophisticated humour. And...

Crushed Stars Farewell Young Lovers

Published Jan 17, 2014

Up to this point, there was some real predictability to what each new Crushed Stars album would offer. Todd Gautreau perfected his signature...

Painted Palms Forever

Published Jan 13, 2014

Composed of two cousins (Reese Donohue and Christopher Prudhomme), Painted Palms are a band who have embraced technology to overcome the geo...

TOY Join the Dots

Published Dec 09, 2013

When Toy appeared last year, they were at the forefront of a burgeoning British psychedelic scene. Twelve months later and the list of bands...

Destroyer Five Spanish Songs

Published Nov 22, 2013

It's hard to decide exactly where Five Spanish Songs fits into the Destroyer catalogue. It hardly feels like a natural progression from the...

Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train A Comin' Bob Smeaton

Published Nov 05, 2013

Made as part of the PBS series American Masters, Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train A Comin' is the kind of warm, fuzzy documentary that fits in pe...

Minor Alps Get There

Published Oct 29, 2013

The combination of Juliana Hatfield and Nada Surf's Matthew Caws goes beyond being good on paper. In the past, they've contributed backing v...

Elf Power Sunlight on the Moon

Published Oct 01, 2013

There was a time when a new release from any band connected to the Elephant 6 collective was greeted with excitement, but those days are lon...

The Mantles Long Enough To Leave

Published Jun 18, 2013

San Franciscan band the Mantles aren't reinventing the wheel, but they aren't content spinning theirs either. They've continued to move furt...

Big Deal June Gloom

Published Jun 11, 2013

Let's get the obvious wordplay out of the way right: Big Deal live up to their moniker. Far too many reviews of their 2011 debut were fixate...