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, Stars, and Holy Fuck.  Bulat’s long-awaited sophomore [...]

Gavin Gardiner of The Wooden Sky has piles of perfectly-formed melodies scattered around his home, I’m convinced of it.  Every song I hear from the Toronto indie/folk-rock ensemble finds a way to lodge itself into my brain and gently gnaw, relenting only after I perform it for friends from my couch.  The Late King Henry [...]