By Yasmine Shemesh
A peer review featuring contributions from Cancer Bats, The OBGMs, Bif Naked, Comeback Kid, and Fefe Dobson.
Chad VanGaalen – World's Most Stressed Out Gardener
Alberta: Top 10 of 2021
by Christine Leonard
- Published on December 3, 2021
Golden, gentle and reflective – this springtime release blossomed into a summer “Plant Music” sensation. VanGaalen’s solace powered neo-folk greenhouse is alive with jangling Django guitars, meandering melodies, and polyphonic harmonies. Shaded from the dry heat of reality he cultivates a lush starlit soundtrack. Humming along like a hive of happy hippie worker bees, the progressive beat farmer harvests lysergic and lyrical tracks infused with iridescent tambourines, exotic flutes, quirky percussion, and otherworldly themes.
By Ben Boddez
One of the past decade’s most prolific songwriters is stepping out from behind the pen with a new name and persona.
By Fraser Hamilton
With her third album, the singer-songwriter captures a sense of dread and makes it her own.
