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About Author: Jessica Buck

Jessica Buck
Website
http://hearplugged.wordpress.com/
Description
When Jessica isn't working for NXNE, CMW, Halifax Pop Explosion, Olio Music Festival, The JUNOs or Polaris Music Prize, she's writing about the bands she discovered at such events. Her blog, HearPlugged Music, features album and concert reviews as well as Toronto show listings. Follow her on Twitter @HearPlugged.

Posts by Jessica Buck

  • Throughout history, regular women have been accused of witchcraft for not acting the way a lady should, for threatening society’s “natural order”. Seems appropriate then, that Magneta Lane has chosen...

    Album Review: Magneta Lane’s ‘Witchrock’

    Posted on February 22, 2013 | No Comments
    Throughout history, regular women have been accused of witchcraft for not acting the way a lady should, for threatening society’s “natural order”. Seems appropriate then, that Magneta Lane has chosen...

  • The heart can ache in many ways; love, lust, longing, pain, regret. All of which are explored on Tegan and Sara’s aptly titled 7th major release, Heartthrob. Before you even...

    Album Review: Tegan and Sara’s ‘Heartthrob’

    Posted on February 6, 2013 | No Comments
    The heart can ache in many ways; love, lust, longing, pain, regret. All of which are explored on Tegan and Sara’s aptly titled 7th major release, Heartthrob. Before you even...

  • If lying on your back in a field, examining the clouds on a summer day had a sound; it would be Cookie Duster’s newest release, When Flying Was Easy. At...

    Album Review: Cookie Duster’s ‘When Flying Was Easy’

    Posted on July 20, 2012 | 1 Comment
    If lying on your back in a field, examining the clouds on a summer day had a sound; it would be Cookie Duster’s newest release, When Flying Was Easy. At...

  • “I hope I find the right place for myself” What happens when you get dropped from your label and management despite a stellar album and a couple Juno nods? You...

    Album Review: Die Mannequin’s ‘Danceland’

    Posted on June 27, 2012 | 1 Comment
    “I hope I find the right place for myself” What happens when you get dropped from your label and management despite a stellar album and a couple Juno nods? You...

  • It may have taken four albums, but Dearly Beloved’s Rob Higgins has learned to share. While still the mastermind behind the band and their latest release, Hawk vs Pigeon, Higgins has relinquished...

    Album Review: Dearly Beloved’s ‘Hawk vs. Pigeon’

    Posted on May 23, 2012 | 1 Comment
    It may have taken four albums, but Dearly Beloved’s Rob Higgins has learned to share. While still the mastermind behind the band and their latest release, Hawk vs Pigeon, Higgins has relinquished...