Kristin Kontrol: X-Communicate
As Kristin Kontrol, Kristin Welchez has brilliantly shown that her brand of mischief is as complex as it is loving. Trouble is still her name.
Dustin Ragucos
Dustin Ragucos is a proud Torontonian with a BA in Psychology. Follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dragusauce
Seratones: Get Gone
Seratones are explosive when they seamlessly blend genres and switch their emotions to roll with the punches. They might have the power to stay and conquer.
The Sound and the Warmth: An Interview with Cardiknox
New York's Cardiknox are taking more steps in their goal of world domination. With their debut record Portrait out, the band are dreaming big, wanting to transcend the indie pop scene.
Bleached: Welcome the Worms
Bleached might have an endearing eccentric nature to them, but a lacking of emotion brings down Welcome the Worms.
Clouds, Thunder, and the Narrative of Structure: An Interview With Pinkshinyultrablast
Though thematic clashes of good and evil are entertaining, Pinkshinyultrablast acknowledge that structure has its importance when carving their dreamy tracks.
Lust for Youth: Compassion
Lust for Youth's Compassion is danceable and hypnotizing, to the point where their songs' clichés of mystery and jealousy become erased in the trance.
Big Ups: Before a Million Universes
Before a Million Universes might at times sound like Slint, but Big Ups have their own union and calamity to make their bleakness something of their own.
La Sera: Music for Listening to Music To
Music for Listening to Music To is commendable in its display of sadness within a boxed-in life, speeding through the road before hearing its praise.
School of Seven Bells: SVIIB
SVIIB is the light show to the perfect dream, one where acknowledgements of life's strife become that which makes celebration possible.
Basia Bulat: Good Advice
If there's one thing that Good Advice shows most of all, it's Basia Bulat's flexibility as a songwriter. Her take on pop makes her emotive and multi-dimensional.
DJDS: Stand Up and Speak
Stand Up and Speak, though lackluster, has the benefit of at least giving one hope and the push to run to one's Point B.
Pop. 1280: Paradise
Those wanting to dance with the devil will have a very pleasant time with Pop. 1280's brooding and flashy Paradise.