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Review- “Flint”- The Utilities
reviewed by Michael Thomas Any band that can make rock music that includes banjos is really, really fine by me, and that’s just what Lethbridge, Alta.-based The Utilities do. Their record label, Esper...
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Review- “Time and Space and Everything in Between”- Jesse & the Dandelions
reviewed by Michael Thomas It has been a busy few years for Jesse Northey. The Lethbridge, Alta.-based musician saw his band’s full-length album released two years ago. Shortly after he started his own...
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Review- “The Body Electric”- Brenna Lowrie
reviewed by Michael Thomas As I review more and more musicians from Alberta I’ve been noticing that the music produced there seems to have a completely different energy than a lot of other provinces....
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Review –“I Am Human”– Zebrassieres
reviewed by Eleni Armenakis I desperately want it to be spring already. If I look outside and focus just on the sun—and not the sound of the wind trying to separate nearby trees from their roots—while...
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Review- “You Can’t Serve Two Masters”- Ketamines
reviewed by Michael Thomas For a short album, there’s a surprising amount of punch to You Can’t Serve Two Masters, the lastest album by Ketamines (or The Ketamines, both seem to be used with equal...
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Review –“A Mutual Understanding”– Jesse and the Dandelions
reviewed by Michael Thomas It’s a rare treat to be able to follow a band from its origins and hear their sound and songwriting mature. Lethbridge’s Jesse and the Dandelions showed youthful zeal on...
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Review –“grizzly bear heart/coeur d’ours grizzli”– Amy Bronson
reviewed by Michael Thomas What does it mean to have a grizzly bear heart? The image is open to interpretation, and given the context of this album, it’s certainly not to be taken literally. An...
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Review –“Twirling T’wards Freedom”– The Ruby Plumes
reviewed by Jack Derricourt That title is a Simpsons reference. The words were originally projected out at a captivated Springfield audience, an audience sent into waves of adulation at the sound of...
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Review –“The Farm Sessions”– Mormon Girls
by Eleni Armenakis Lethbridge, Alberta has been on a real streak over the past few years as far as music is concerned. Mormon Girls, the city’s latest band, lives up to the hype of their hometown....
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Review –“Sulky Jr.”– The Utilities
by Eleni Armenakis It’s hard not to get excited hearing about an up-and-coming rock band from Lethbridge, Alberta. Ponoka natives The Utilities have been calling the prolific music city home for the...
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Review –“Happy Home (what I thought of while I was drowning”– The Ruby Plumes
reviewed by Jack Derricourt I didn’t expect a Lethbridge band to remind me of the MC5. Then I started to think a little more. Is there anywhere in Canada that better fulfils the desolate,...
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Review –“abcc”– Birch Barks
reviewed by Laura Stanley The year is still too new. Everything is bright and tender and fragile. Earlier this week, Jack wrote about the smooth sounds of CFCF’s The Colours of Life and how it’s an...
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Review –“Sleeptalker”– Brenna Lowrie
reviewed by Michael Thomas Lethbridge was and continues to be a hotbed of musical talent. There’s something in the air there that encourages seems to encourage more psychedelic interpretations of...
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Review –“Hungry Ghost”– Brenna Lowrie
reviewed by Michael Thomas In the music of Brenna Lowrie, something dark isn’t directly in vision—it’s just about to strike, or it’s already departed, leaving devastation in its wake. After a long...
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Review –“Revelation”– WINT
reviewed by Michael Thomas You can look at the latest album from WINT (Brandon Saucier) as one of two things: an indictment of religion or a look at the sinister goings-on of right now. Right now, of...
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Review –“The Obelisk”– Loïc Zev
reviewed by Michael Thomas There’s magic in the air in the latest recording from Loïc Zev—or, at least, if it’s not in the air, he’s trying to summon it. Over the course of the three-song EP, Zev...
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Review –“Heavy South”– The Utilities
reviewed by Kaitlin Ruether So much of life happens in recurring patterns, and four-piece Lethbridge band The Utilities explore the looping machinations of the world through chill and steady...
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Review –“Until I Go Blind”– J Blissette
reviewed by Michael Thomas It’s been a long time—I’ve finally found a thoroughly top-to-bottom fun rock and roll album. J Blissette, the alter ego of Jackson Tiefenbach, previously made some...
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