Hollerado approach their career with a naive optimism that’s rare in the jaded world of indie rock. While some of the Manotick, Ontario, band’s bizarre strategies sound like terrible ideas, most are working out in their favour.

That the lives of guitarist/singer Shane Ghostkeeper and drummer/singer Sarah Houle have become intrinsically intertwined probably comes as no surprise to the northern Alberta Métis community from which they hail.

The Besnard Lakes don’t just make music. They live and breathe it.

If consistency is the key to success, someone should inform RJD2.

It’s surprising to hear Tech N9ne, one of the most sinister voices in underground rap, praise this year’s We Are The World remake.

With his shaggy Mexi-fro, laid-back Austin demeanour and breezy psychedelic electro pop, Neon Indian’s Alan Palomo seems like the guy you’d want to chill with.

Pavement’s legacy can’t be contained on a single disc, but this compilation sure tries its darnedest. Put together by the band members and conveniently released to coincide with the start of their reunion tour, it presents a non-chronological cross-section of the quintessential 90s band, attempting to summarize a career that can’t be summarized.