Basia Bulat broke into Canada’s national indie spotlight in 2007 with the success of her debut LP Oh, My Darling.  Released through Hayden’s Hardwood Records, Oh, My Darling would go on to share space on the shortlist for Canadian album of the year with the likes of The Weakerthans, StarsLow Stars reviews, and Holy FuckHoly Fuck [...]

Defiant to the bitter end, Hayden delivers a fine piece of scorned indie/folk love-rock with Let’s Break Up.  Found on Paul Hayden Desser’s 2009 full-length release The Place Where We Lived, the song offers a number of lines that should be immediately written down for use if ever on the shittier side of a break-up.  Like [...]

Thanks (in large part) to the strangely fascinating drum beat, I’ve found this song on repeat for the better part of today; if any music theorists reading this can explain what is going on with that snare, in terms of time signature, please feel free to comment.  Where and When comes from the Canadian indie-folk/rock [...]