Music Dose

When the young Marius Lauber premiered his first song “Sea” under his stage name of Roosevelt back in 2012, the idea of mixing indie rock Continue Reading

All I Can Say is a documentary that chronicles five years in the life of late Blind Melon vocalist Shannon Hoon. It is not, however, Continue Reading

Barely three words into the first full-length offering from Doves since 2009, the recently reunited Mancunian trio reminds us why its signature brand of melancholy Continue Reading

This Criterion Blu-ray of a new 4K digital restoration of Buster Keaton’s The Cameraman (1928) is actually a double-feature with his next and last silent Continue Reading

It’s been 25 years since Maxinquaye, the trip-hop classic that shook the world. Since then, Tricky—the stage name of Adrian Thaws—has been living in its Continue Reading

When you start to ask questions about rock music from a decade ago, you can sound like you’re lying. Remember when the most exciting young Continue Reading

I recently took a very unscientific survey among some music-loving friends concerning Scarborough, Ontario’s most famous band, Barenaked Ladies. One friend, Dave W., wrote: “I Continue Reading

Folk pop’s Darlingside share their third single from the upcoming LP, Fish Pond Fish, produced by Peter Katis (Brian Fallon, the National, Frightened Rabbit), and Continue Reading

Ade Mai is a rising folk singer originally from Finland but now based by Bournemouth’s beaches in the UK. Mai bills himself as an “old Continue Reading

London pop singer Cristina Hart may be a “Bad Girlfriend”, but she has a way with a catchy tune. The Swiss-born, Spanish and Brazilian artist Continue Reading

Kate Brown’s Manual for Survival: An Environmental History of the Chernobyl Disaster builds on her expertise in the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster and its consequences. Continue Reading

Coming off a release through Majestic Casual with a glue70 remix and his own ‘Salt N Pepper’, Toronto’s MKSTN returns with Affinity. Inspired by isolated feelings Continue Reading

Winter Clothes is the new new release from writer/musician Brian Cullman. Out 11 September via Sunnyside Records, the LP is a deep collaboration between Cullman Continue Reading

Sam Prekop, he of post-rock acolytes the Sea and Cake and formerly of the esoteric Shrimp Boat, can write a mean, mean song with fluid Continue Reading

When Sam Prekop isn’t crafting progressive, polyrhythmic pop tunes as the singer and guitarist for the Sea and Cake, he’s releasing records under his own Continue Reading

The first notes of Afel Bocoum’s Lindé are soothing and subtle, earthy strings and percussion walking in step with the artist’s gentle voice in an Continue Reading

If we could agree that Nicholas Buccola’s The Fire Is Upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley, Jr. and the Debate over Race in America Continue Reading

In the mid-’90s, Alan McGee was on a roll. As the boss of Creation Records, he was the Lord of the Britpop Empire, having signed Continue Reading

Austin Lucas releases Alive in the Hot Zone! on 30 October via Cornelius Chapel Records. The release will be available on vinyl, CD, and digital Continue Reading

Irish alt-pop singer-songwriter Rebekah Fitch possesses a powerful and moving voice filled with emotion and the ability to connect with listeners at a visceral level. Continue Reading