Great Lake Swimmers

Maoya Bassiouni Having made up my mind about the whole wave of garage-bred, white-noise, guitar-drum duos that seemed to saturate the scene a few years ago before even hearing Japandroids – three guesses what I decided about said wave, first two don't count – they didn't stand much chance of winning me over. Read More

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First impressions aren't everything, but they do set the tone. Read More

Norman Wong We're going to close out the week with some new and hopefully interesting stuff to listen to, domestic-style. Read More

For the Great Lake Swimmers , or rather, for the changing collective that supports the quiet and wild pastoral genius of Tony Dekker, this is a difficult fifth album. Read More

"I never gave you the best part of me," Tony Dekker sings on "Think That You Might Be Wrong", one of the dreamiest tracks from New Wild Everywhere, his Canadian ensemble's fifth album. Read More