There are moments on You Missed It All where Alice Kos slips very comfortably into the sort of well-worn nuances that mark the work of Emmylou Harris—not so…. Read more »

Edmonton's Kreesha Turner returns with a solid sophomore album in Tropic/Electric, finding a balance between dance pop and Jamaican influences, with both of these sides divided between two…. Read more »

The newly established BC label/collective Cultus Vibes arrives with its debutante offering, Together, displaying their various sounds and styles on this free compilation. Read more »

You remember that wrestler Koko B Ware, the "jobber to the stars" who was brought in just to lose the match and enhance the reputation of other wrestlers?…. Read more »

For the band's 30th anniversary celebration—a series of intimate shows for fan-club members—Metallica dusted off four tracks that didn't make Death Magnetic. Read more »

The three instrumental tracks on this Christmas EP find guitarist Zakk Wylde balancing on a fine line: the basic progressions and melodies are subdued, but he hefts his…. Read more »

There's nothing inherently terrible about the idea of Scott Weiland making a Christmas album. Read more »

Austrian Death Machine continues its tribute/parody of all things Arnold Schwarzenegger by pulling jokes from that Arnold Christmas "classic" Jingle All the Way. Read more »

An Old Ugly Christmas screwballs the usual seasonal sentiment into an eclectic album of staples and originals. Read more »

One of the most strangely enduring of all the original nu-metal giants—remember, Korn has two Grammys to its name—has abandoned the genre and set its sights on dubstep. Read more »

Full disclosure: I'm a pretty big fan of David Lynch the filmmaker. Read more »

After using a different singer on each song of his solo record, Slash enlisted Myles Kennedy to handle the mic on tour with him. Read more »

If Coldplay was to become a metal band it would be Alcest. Read more »

An odds 'n' sods collection from the sessions for The King is Dead, this album is as uneven as you might expect. Read more »

Jeff Stuart & the Heart's latest is as the title says: two equal parts. Read more »

Lungs, Brit siren Florence and co's first disc, propelled itself largely through her voice rising over lush little pop arrangements that would occasionally rise up to meet those…. Read more »

Foam Lake's Force and Matter is a buzzing, rollicking collection of pop-rock songs with a penchant for "whoa-oh-whoa" type vocal hooks. Read more »

Though every band that ever strung three chords together has released a homemade EP by now, an influx of DIY comedy albums has yet to materialize. Read more »

All lies. Read more »

As a between-albums teaser from Said the Whale, the four songs on New Brighton offer more of a victory lap than any sign of an immanent departure in…. Read more »