Rifflandia Reviews
Fucked Up, Daniel Caesar, Bishop Briggs, Mix Master Mike
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![Logic Shares New Video for "Everybody Dies"]()
StreamsLogic Shares New Video for "Everybody Dies" Published Sep 18, 2018A day after boldly claiming that the Wu-Tang Clan will appear on his forthcoming Young Sinatra IV effort, Logic has dropped off a new video...
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![Ryan Hemsworth Elsewhere]()
ReviewsRyan Hemsworth Elsewhere Published Sep 18, 2018From bedroom trap to indie pop, through the years Halifax beatmaker Ryan Hemsworth hasn't stuck to a genre so much as he has developed a per...
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![Lil Uzi Vert Returns with "New Patek"]()
StreamsLil Uzi Vert Returns with "New Patek" Published Sep 18, 2018While he has yet to deliver a follow-up to last year's Luv is Rage 2, Lil Uzi Vert has returned with a new solo track. Titled "New Patek,...
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![Bad Moves Tell No One]()
ReviewsBad Moves Tell No One Published Sep 18, 2018If you're trying to get a sense of D.C. power-pop outfit Bad Moves, look no further than the video accompanying promotional single "One Thin...
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![Amy Helm This Too Shall Light]()
ReviewsAmy Helm This Too Shall Light Published Sep 18, 2018In the process of recording This Too Shall Light, Amy Helm launched out of her comfort zone. Pushed by her producer Joe Henry (Joan Baez, Bi...
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![Tyler, the Creator Teases New Theme for 'The Grinch']()
NewsTyler, the Creator Teases New Theme for 'The Grinch' Published Sep 18, 2018While we still have a little over a month remaining until the newest adaptation of Dr. Seuss' holiday classic How the Grinch Stole Christmas...
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![Elton John Just Bought a Drake Record at Sonic Boom in Toronto]()
NewsElton John Just Bought a Drake Record at Sonic Boom in Toronto Published Sep 18, 2018Elton John is currently making his way around the world on his "Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour," but he found time in his busy itinerary to...
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![6LACK and Future Share Video for "East Atlanta Love Letter"]()
Streams6LACK and Future Share Video for "East Atlanta Love Letter" Published Sep 18, 2018After delivering his East Atlanta Love Letter last Friday, 6LACK has now shared a music video for the album's Future-assisted title track....
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![Christine and the Queens Chris]()
ReviewsChristine and the Queens Chris Published Sep 18, 2018If Christine and the Queens' first album, Chaleur Humaine, was a more subdued and introspective record, with Héloïse Letessier (aka Christin...
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![Will Sessions & Amp Fiddler Feat. Dames Brown The One]()
ReviewsWill Sessions & Amp Fiddler Feat. Dames Brown The One Published Sep 18, 2018Motor city octet Will Sessions have proven a most formidable troop of funk warriors, with an acclaimed live show, not to mention gutbucket r...
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![Lana Del Rey Teases 'Norman Fucking Rockwell' LP with New Song "Venice Bitch"]()
NewsLana Del Rey Teases 'Norman Fucking Rockwell' LP with New Song "Venice Bitch" Published Sep 18, 2018Lana Del Rey gave us "Mariners Apartment Complex" last week, and now the melancholic pop star has offered up another new tune and revealed t...
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![IDLES Lee's Palace, Toronto ON, September 17]()
ReviewsIDLES Lee's Palace, Toronto ON, September 17 Published Sep 18, 2018A mere six months ago, IDLES presented their incredibly potent brand of punk music for the first time at Toronto's Hard Luck Bar. On Monday...
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![Lights Rifflandia, Victoria BC, September 16]()
ReviewsLights Rifflandia, Victoria BC, September 16 Published Sep 17, 2018Clearly, Lights hasn't seen the 1994 college movie PCU or she just doesn't care, because she wore the shirt of the band she went to go see....
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![The Zolas Rifflandia, Victoria BC, September 16]()
ReviewsThe Zolas Rifflandia, Victoria BC, September 16 Published Sep 17, 2018The Zolas got bitten by the festival bug hard for this set. Pretty much everything that could break ended up breaking. Before they even star...
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![Current Swell & Friends Rifflandia, Victoria BC, September 16]()
ReviewsCurrent Swell & Friends Rifflandia, Victoria BC, September 16 Published Sep 17, 2018What a way to cap off a fantastic festival weekend, by inviting one of the most buzzed bands in the Victoria music scene today to bring alon...
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![The Decemberists CityFolk Festival, Ottawa ON, September 16]()
ReviewsThe Decemberists CityFolk Festival, Ottawa ON, September 16 Published Sep 17, 2018Two years after the Decemberists played a co-headlining slot at Ottawa's Bluesfest, and five years since the band's frontman, Colin Meloy, a...
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![Bishop Briggs Rifflandia, Victoria BC, September 15]()
ReviewsBishop Briggs Rifflandia, Victoria BC, September 15 Published Sep 16, 2018Born in London to Scottish parents and raised in Tokyo and Hong Kong before settling in Los Angeles, Sarah Grace McLaughlin named herself Bi...
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![Mix Master Mike Rifflandia, Victoria BC, September 15]()
ReviewsMix Master Mike Rifflandia, Victoria BC, September 15 Published Sep 16, 2018Michael Schwartz, aka Mix Master Mike, knows his way around a turntable. Best known as the DJ for the Beastie Boys from Hello Nasty onward,...
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![Ryan Hemsworth Elsewhere]()
ReviewsRyan Hemsworth Elsewhere Published Sep 18, 2018From bedroom trap to indie pop, through the years Halifax beatmaker Ryan Hemsworth hasn't stuck to a genre so much as he has developed a per...
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![Bad Moves Tell No One]()
ReviewsBad Moves Tell No One Published Sep 18, 2018If you're trying to get a sense of D.C. power-pop outfit Bad Moves, look no further than the video accompanying promotional single "One Thin...
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![Amy Helm This Too Shall Light]()
ReviewsAmy Helm This Too Shall Light Published Sep 18, 2018In the process of recording This Too Shall Light, Amy Helm launched out of her comfort zone. Pushed by her producer Joe Henry (Joan Baez, Bi...
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![Christine and the Queens Chris]()
ReviewsChristine and the Queens Chris Published Sep 18, 2018If Christine and the Queens' first album, Chaleur Humaine, was a more subdued and introspective record, with Héloïse Letessier (aka Christin...
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![Will Sessions & Amp Fiddler Feat. Dames Brown The One]()
ReviewsWill Sessions & Amp Fiddler Feat. Dames Brown The One Published Sep 18, 2018Motor city octet Will Sessions have proven a most formidable troop of funk warriors, with an acclaimed live show, not to mention gutbucket r...
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![Deicide's Glen Benton Clears Up Some Rumours About Himself and 'Overtures of Blasphemy']()
FeaturesDeicide's Glen Benton Clears Up Some Rumours About Himself and 'Overtures of Blasphemy' Published Sep 18, 2018"I wouldn't say it! You'll curse yourself if you say it forward, man," warns Deicide vocalist-bassist Glen Benton about the backmasked part...
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![6lack Breaks Down the "Personal" J. Cole Collaboration on 'East Atlanta Love Letter']()
Features6lack Breaks Down the "Personal" J. Cole Collaboration on 'East Atlanta Love Letter' Published Sep 18, 2018In the spheres of hip-hop and R&B, one of the surest indicators of an artist's successful debut are the quality and quantity of featured gue...
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![Reggie Watts Talks About Challenging Authority, Tap Dancing and How Everyone Should Do Mushrooms]()
FeaturesReggie Watts Talks About Challenging Authority, Tap Dancing and How Everyone Should Do Mushrooms Published Sep 17, 2018An intellectual stoner's dream, Reggie Watts is the essential answer to the question you didn't know to ask: "What would happen if you combi...
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![Metric Question Everything and Rediscover Their Original Purpose on 'Art of Doubt']()
FeaturesMetric Question Everything and Rediscover Their Original Purpose on 'Art of Doubt' Published Sep 17, 2018"Remember during the Iraq War, like post 9/11, the airports forever had those ratings of 'Code Orange?'" Emily Haines asks. "We're just in t...
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![Elisapie Raises Her Voice, In Multiple Languages, on 'The Ballad of the Runaway Girl']()
FeaturesElisapie Raises Her Voice, In Multiple Languages, on 'The Ballad of the Runaway Girl' Published Sep 14, 2018We live in a world with many barriers: language, misunderstandings and a lack of diverse representation can keep people from connecting. Sin...
