Various Small Flames

Naming an album can be a tricky business. Often, the chosen title can feel if not arbitrary then at least an exercise in free association, a group of words that points vaguely in the direction of a theme or feeling without ever quite sitting comfortably. But sometimes the opposite is true, when the name feels as much part of the work as the songs themselves, capturing a recor...

We’ve featured a number of singles from koleżanka in the run up to the release of new album Zone 2, each in some way exploring a hand injury and subsequent slow recovery which put Kristina Moore’s very ability to make music in jeopardy for a considerable period o...

Back in August, we noted the return of Slow Down Molasses after a five year absence, the Saskatoon indie rock outfit releasing a ...

In the lead up to the release of new applied communications album applied communications bites the big one via 

“The large and the small sit side by side, bereavement next to dancing in bars, favourite shirts alongside fatherhood, as MBK collapses the line between the significant and insignificant to evoke the very fabric of existence and all its messy threads. The result is tender, often joyous and occasionally heartbreaking, songs which treat life as a privilege no matter what any on...