Category: Miscellaneous
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Kyle’s Top 50 Albums of 2024
Kyle’s finalized list of the best albums from 2024! Only one album per artist. Honourable Mentions WOOF. – Fat DogAs Grande As – Grande MahoganyThe Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow – Charles LloydHotel La Rut – Joanna WangRong Weicknes – Fievel Is GlauqueMika’s Laundry – Matt ChampionEmpathogen – WILLOWHome in Another Life – Enumclaw13″…
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New Release: ‘Come Into The Garden’ by Natalie Wildgoose
Natalie Wildgoose’s latest EP is an invitation to pause, breath, and unwind. At its core, it is a spellbinding and mesmerizing collection of stripped down folk songs that feature vintage, feather-light vocals. But its subtle imperfections—like faint creaks in the background—add an unfiltered depth, intimacy, and warmth to each listen. Often guided by tenderly-lilting piano…
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New Release: “FLASHBACKS” by ORRA
In their latest single, Vancouver-based collective ORRA reflects on friendships lost to time, channeling a wistful nostalgia before time eventually took its toll. The reflections of Sarah Orr are spun over funk-laced synthesizers, soulful background vocal harmonies, breakbeat drums, and dazzling keys. These elements come together to develop into a dreamy, enchanting atmosphere, as the…
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Kyle’s Top 50 Songs of 2024
Kyle’s finalized list of the best songs from 2024! Only one song per artist. Honourable Mentions The Laugh Is In the Eyes – Julia HolterWhiskey – Arooj AftabClustercuss – N. SHERMANhead.rap – Saba (feat. Madison McFerrin, Ogi, Jordan Ward)Cards on the Table – Nia ArchivesMemory Lanes – JARSAtmospheric River – Kindred MistTHINGS BEHIND THINGS BEHIND…
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New Release: “Hand Me Downs (Live in Studio)” by Drive Your Plow
London-based art/folk rock outfit Drive Your Plow returns with a new single, their first release in over a year since February 2024’s two-track live session from Surrey Studios that featured “Away From It All” and “Mr. Zeit.” The band, consisting of members Daniel Ndaty (electric guitar), Takuma Ejima-Dalley (piano), Paddy Davies (drums), Starr Evans (violin),…
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In the Queue: Anticipated Upcoming Albums and EPs
In the Queue highlights the already abundant list of my most highly anticipated projects that are set to be released in the coming months, with more to come. Only two months in and we have received brilliant albums from Ichiko Aoba, Saya Gray, Horsegirl, Panda Bear, and many more—2025 is already shaping up to be…
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Kyle’s Top 10 EPs of 2024
Kyle’s finalized list of the best EPs from 2024!Only one per artist. Honourable Mentions SABLE, – Bon IverMid Spiral: Chaos – BADBADNOTGOODUnbound – Chelsea WolfeBe Lucky – Orchid OrchestraCatching Chickens – Nourished by Time 10 Crunchy – N. SHERMANBedroom Pop “A deeply entrancing trip into a musical soundscape that grants a gentle comfortability upon the…
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Summer Replay: Music on Repeat in Soundwave Society’s Summer
With 2024 continuing to fade further into Fall and soon into Winter, members of our club reflected on the music that sound-tracked our eventful Summers. Whether it was spent in nature, at live shows, or on the road, we all have songs familiar to each of our adventures over the past few months. Summer Replay…
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Concert Review 002
Naima Bock & mildred – 2024 USA Tour The Rabbit Box – Seattle, WASeptember 15, 2024 This past week, on Sunday, September 15th, Liv and I made the trek from Vancouver, BC to Seattle, Washington for a show that we’ve been counting down to for months. The venue, The Rabbit Box, nestled away in the…
Soundwave Society Music Club 