Hey, I've got an idea for a band. First, let's start with guitar, bass and drums, and let's keep it really conservative, like a nice pair of...

Moody, ethereal and sounding like a step daughter of Portishead, Audio-Lava's biggest strength is vocalist Lisa Butel, who would be quite at...

Picture yourself driving in an old convertible down a highway in the American Southwest with some frosty tall-boys in the glove box and you'...

Before I espouse my view of this corporate piece of drivel, I offer a small preface: I thought after years of hammering out the same bloody...

A throwback to 1978, where the Casio is cutting edge and being "weird" will get you laid. Strange, considering this faux-new wave quintet ha...

There has been a historical connection that musicians make between the universe and earthly bound nature. I guess it makes sense, but I'm st...

A solid rock/pop recording by this West Coast band that offers what could be a classic hit with opener "Bring Me Something," an easy inclusi...

The third release from Ohio's 12 Rods is a musical hodgepodge that defies both category and, more interestingly, any reference to a defined...

Jon Harris, the mastermind behind Sunna, played guitar on the Massive Attack masterpiece Mezzanine, and once again is part of another great...

Pearl Jam seemed to have lost the rock and roll plot several years ago, with underwhelming albums like Yield and No Code. Many of the songs...

There are detractors who decry artists who throw in everything but the proverbial kitchen sink into their music. They usually call it "unfoc...

To describe an artist's music as lilting, soothing or serene would be to stigmatise it as weak and possibly new age. This recording is all o...

This compilation by L'Age D'or, one of Germany's foremost underground labels, founded in 1988, highlights some great Deutsche pop and avant-...

With one of the coolest names I've heard in a while, Sunlikestar have created a very slick album that fuses some intense rock with very groo...

Another in the long line of happy American guitar pop bands, ACS have two things going for them on this, their second full-length album: Pro...

All has not been well on the radio dial for what seems like a lifetime. Save for a few gems on CBC or campus radio, most people are entirely...

There was a time when tearjerkers were not the sole domain of glossy Disney-like soul or new country. Montreal's "Switched-On Orchestral Pop...

Headed by the musical artisan David Lowery, Cracker is offering its fine mystical American moonshine distilled from an already great harvest...

Produced by Eric Valentine (Smashmouth, Third Eye Blind, Citizen King), this debut by Sacramento's Deathray is certainly equipped to make a...

High-octane rawk from Madrid that will have the fists a-pumpin'. Somewhere between burning rubber and a jackhammer, this unisex quartet is t...