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. ...
Kurtis Rideout
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 Datpi...
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 f...
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 a...
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 recentl...
New Tune Review: Bad Child
I would have a hard time believing you if you said you hadn’t heard of Bad Child at this point. The young artist has spent the past year-and-change making a...
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 emotio...
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? ...
New Tune Review: EDDYEVVY
I saw Kitchener-Waterloo band EDDYEVVY live for the first time a few weeks ago and it was one of the most refreshing musical experiences I have had since I beca...
New Tune Review: Glorious Mourning by Sad Beach Boys
Glorious Mourning is just that — it’s what you would expect from someone calling themselves “Sad Beach Boys,” but it’s also totally not. It’s got this sort of s...
