
Armed with a classically trained voice and a spooky electronic sound, 23-year-old Katie Stelmanis makes me think of what Kate Bush might sound like if she collaborated with a robot and a ghost. Yes, weird description but that's what comes to mind when listening to Katie's debut album, Join Us , right from the brilliant opening track "In My Favour" all the way through to the closing (and rather surprising) cover of "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman". Because this album is far from natural or organic in its [...]

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This week's worth of posts are likely all going to focus exclusively on the CMW shows I made it to last week. It'll probably be easiest if I break the various concerts up into separate entries, otherwise things could get out of hand very quickly. That said, I might as well start with a bang by digging in to Thursday's Chart showcase at the Horseshoe. I spent the earlier part of the evening at Criminal Records checking out The Burning Hell and Jenny Omnichord (a video of which is posted here ) and [...]