By Ben Boddez
The indie-folk songwriter turns her travels and turmoil into a debut rich with place and emotion.
The young Toronto rapper often opens up his songs by boasting that not only the current track, but “every other” track is “off the top.” With elastic flows and effortless cool reminiscent of the missing link between Young Thug and Travis Scott, it’s both believable and impressive.
On his latest — named after the Toronto townhouse community where he grew up that’s since been partially demolished and refurbished — Duvy takes some trendy sounds and revitalizes them, proving that there’s still life in something like a piano-laced trap beat by picking the most textured, rhythmic and interesting of the bunch.
By Ben Boddez
The indie-folk songwriter turns her travels and turmoil into a debut rich with place and emotion.
By Stephan Boissonneault
This East Coast garage rock unit just dropped a scorched-earth debut made for blown speakers and busted knuckles.
By Ben Boddez
When the laws are changing, anybody can make an outlaw country record.