These three EPs, released in a three-month period in 2010 by Edmonton’s Gobble Gobble, all serve the same function — to legitimize and build upon the buzz that surrounded the bands 2009 LP, Neon Graveyard. Where Neon Graveyard was an opportunity to mess around — it resembles an auditory playground constructed with synthesizers and electronic… Continue reading Spun: Gobble Gobble
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Spun: Heart Failure Research
Don’t listen to Young Animals if you are driving a car and maybe not even while riding a bike, unless it comes with a bell, over-sized handle bars and you are wearing a helmet. Otherwise, when you drive off a cliff out of pure anxiety, you may indeed be hurt. The album is like sitting… Continue reading Spun: Heart Failure Research
Spun: Toro Y Moi
You know a sound must be fresh when a new genre is created to describe it. Toro Y Moi- the moniker of multi-instrumentalist Chazwick Bundick- released Causers of This early 2010 spearheading the charge for the fledgling chillwave genre. Now, just a year later he’s already moving in a new direction. He hones his sound… Continue reading Spun: Toro Y Moi
Spun: Rural Alberta Advantage
By Adam Marofke
Right in the middle of an abnormally long Alberta winter, the Rural Alberta Advantage return with a wintery album. From the driving-in-a-whiteout front cover to the numerous icy references throughout the LP, Departing plays like a counterpart to the late summer sunset that was their first album, Hometowns. On Departing, the band stays close to… Continue reading Spun: Rural Alberta Advantage
Spun: Lykke Li
In 2007, Stereogum, a popular music blog, proclaimed Lykke Li an artist to watch, but they did so with a caveat: they stated her music was “powdered-sugar pop” and in the same vein as Kylie Minogue. It was a problematic assertion. There were and still are certian pop sensiblities that pervade Lykke’s music, but it’s… Continue reading Spun: Lykke Li
Spun: Raidohead
There is an obvious temptation to compare any new Radiohead albums to previous releases, yet every time they find a new creative direction. The King of Limbs is unlike any of their past releases, yet feels naturally Radiohead. From the opening notes of “Bloom” to the Pac-man like artwork, this album will send chills running… Continue reading Spun: Raidohead
Spun: Steve Dawson
The first track of Nightshade sets up the sound for the rest of the album. Electric guitar and organ give this album a much fuller feel than previous efforts, but the sound is recognizably Dawson: folk-blues with great guitar and his unmistakable baritone voice. He expands and develops the formula that worked so well for… Continue reading Spun: Steve Dawson
Spun: Shad
For some bands, a gig like the iTunes Session is just a throwaway — a chance to play some stripped down acoustic versions of a few popular jams, do a cover or two and call it a wrap. Shad, however, gives it his all. The release of his iTunes Sessions EP is one of his… Continue reading Spun: Shad
Spun: LCD Soundsystem
What do chocolate milk, tandem bicycles and this album have in common? All of them are based on great original ideas, changed up to make them that much greater. The London Sessions has a set list that spans all stages of James Murphy’s career recorded as a live-in-studio album. It’s a fitting analogy for a… Continue reading Spun: LCD Soundsystem
Spun: Good Lovelies
By Ken Clarke
Although this aptly-named female trio from Ontario has only been around since 2006, it sounds like they’ve been singing together for about 60 years. The Good Lovelies are reminiscent of girl groups of the 1940s and ’50s like the Andrew Sisters, and they wear it well. Let The Rain Fall is the third full-length offering… Continue reading Spun: Good Lovelies