January 6, 2025—“a great display of the multifacetedness of the artist and shows that he feels connected to who he is, where he comes from, and where he is headed.” – PAN M 360 Wolf Castle’s new record begins in shadow, during a dark night of the Mi’kmaq rapper’s soul. Over the album’s 12 tracks, he traces the moon as it makes its way across the sky, unraveling his own personal anxieties in the darkness, coming to…
March 26, 2024—The songs of Jon McKiel are born of the bruised marshlands of remote New Brunswick, from the craggy shores of the Atlantic coast; places where nature is a powerful wonder and the made-world is in slow decay. His new album, Hex, is a bloodshot pop record steeped in our dystopian present, tempered, across its ten tracks, by an…
March 26, 2024—“hypnotic” – The Guardian“these glittering electro-acoustic hybrids exude a sense of awe” – Aquarium Drunkard Nick Schofield’s Ambient Ensemble sees the Canadian composer and synth maven expanding his solo practice with an ensemble, adding his signature ambient essence to contemporary-classical and electronic music. Where his previous two albums (Water Sine, Glass Gallery) were entirely solo endeavours and synth-focused, Ambient Ensemble invites gregarious group play. The compositions feature a chamber ensemble of…