music reviews

UZU Yamantaka//Sonic Titan | Paper Bag Records Following up on their Polaris Music Prize shortlisted debut album YT//ST, Yamantaka//Sonic Titan return with their highly anticipated sophomore effort UZU. UZU is better described as an event rather than an album and it’s almost impossible to stop listening once it starts playing.  The songs bleed together like a cohesive storyline …

We like music. You like music. Let’s like music together.                 Shad Flying Colours | Black Box One can undertake a lot of self-reflection in three years, the timespan between TSOL, Shad’s 2011 Juno-winning album, and his latest, Flying Colours. The album is a complex take on the meaning of success and …

Fulcrum music critic Max Szyc reviews long-awaited new releases from Irish alt-rock legends My Bloody Valentine and Canadian death metal old-timers Voivod.

This week’s reviews include new efforts from Converge and Flyleaf and the solo debut from Death Cab for Cutie frontman Benjamin Gibbard.