10/10 live show review for Chali 2na at Rifflandia If you've ever wondered how legends are made all you had to do was be in the audience on Saturday at Rifflandia when Jurassic 5's Chali 2na played to a massive crowd. September 15, 2013 | Concert | Review
Break Out Toronto Bands: Young Rival It's surprising that the grainy, sun-flicked rock of Young Rival hasn't already become a fixture of every Toronto restaurant and cafe's indie playlist, but perhaps that's just a tactic by business owners to deflect every patron from enthusiastically asking "what song is this?" August 28, 2013 | Review
5/5 review for Danny Michel and the Garifuna Collective's Black Birds Are Dancing Over Me Enjoy the marriage of Canadian songwriter Danny Michel's lilting lyricism and the Belizean collective's rolling acoustic rhythms. August 25, 2013 | New Release | Review
25 Essential Shows at NXNE 2013 - The Lytics Judging by this year’s NXNE roster featuring MCs from Vancouver to Halifax, Toronto isn’t Canada’s only hip-hop incubator. Still, it’s pleasantly surprising to see a group representing that frosty capital city to the west, Winnipeg. June 13, 2013 | Concert | Review
Tegan and Sara's Heartthrob among Stereogum's Top 25 Albums of 2013 So Far 2013 isn’t technically half over yet, but we’re deep into the part of the year where you start sweating the instant you leave your door, and that means it’s a good time to take stock of all the disco robots, frantic rap nerds, and metal boundary-crushers who have thus far delighted us. June 4, 2013 | Review
If You Like Melissa Etheridge, Try Serena Ryder And now, I present a new song of summer, “Stompa” by this week’s featured artist, Serena Ryder. If you haven’t heard it on the radio yet, you will. May 29, 2013 | Song | Review
Josh Ritter's "New Lover" lands on Paste Magazine's 25 Best Songs of 2013 (So Far) With a quarter of the year in our rear-view mirror, it's time to take that first look at the best songs of 2013 released so far. April 4, 2013 | Song | Review
Happy 72nd birthday: a look at Buffy Sainte-Marie's 5 best collaborations Yes, Buffy Sainte-Marie is 72 today, and she looks absolutely fantastic. February 20, 2013 | Collaboration | Review
The Grapes of Wrath Return with 'High Road' LP Reunited BC folk rock vets The Grapes of Wrath had previously confirmed plans to record a new album, and now these plans have come to fruition. February 12, 2013 | Review
Whitehorse Tops New York Daily's Top Music Picks The husband-wife team in Whitehorse give fluid folk-rock and country songs a psychedelic hint of menace. January 27, 2013 | Review