Album Reviews: Haim, Nadine Shah, Tei Shi

 Haim — Women in Music Pt. III (Los Angeles) Haim is one of those bands that you could easily be won over by interviews of the band before you even hear their music, and it's the cherry on top that they sound so great. For one of their smoothest listens

Ottawa Life’s Top Albums of 2017

 10. Protomartyr - Relatives In Descent (Domino) No record snarls quite as much this year as Protomartyr's latest, but the band's absolutely unpredictable sense of composition is what makes Relatives In Descent such a rush of a journey. Rollicking drums and horrifying drones blare through "A Private Understanding" while the

Tei Shi Doesn’t Need To Justify Herself

 Facing fears can be a truly transcending experience. For Valerie Teicher (aka Tei Shi) her latest album wasn't only thematically about childhood fears, but was in itself Teicher's own way of coming to turns with becoming a full-time musician. Earning buzz with a string of EPs, her debut LP Crawl

Album Reviews: April 4, 2017

 Tei Shi - Crawl Space (Argentina-New York City) What may be the strongest record of 2017 so far is surprisingly also a full-length debut for this Argentinean pop genius. After a string of critically acclaimed EPs, and a tour with peer MØ Tei Shi finally steps into a much more