With its vast array of musical styles, Wowee Zowee isn't as accessible as Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain or as immediate as the bracing, noisy pop of Slanted & Enchanted.
His first real "studio" album with an actual band, Will Toledo moves from bedroom pop to something approaching classic rock grandeur and huge narrative ambitions, with nods to the Cars, Pavement, Jonathan Richman, Wire, and William Onyeabor.
After a decade in the wilderness, David Berman has returned to record-making - this time around as Purple Mountains, leaving his iconic Silver Jews brand to history.
It isn’t just retro for nostalgia’s sake; Love Gang manages to inject enough personal attitude and modern energy so it doesn’t feel like a straight throwback
Lost Machine – Live documents the legendary Canadian metal innovators onstage at Quebec City Summer Fest (July 13, 2019), delivering a ferocious set that spans their career