Excuse my absence of late. Some things came up. But, boy did I miss you! Today’s show geared up for a ripper of a weekend ahead. Fryquency is back with DOOMSQUAD, JFM, You’ll Never Get to Heaven and F Hood, this Saturday March 8 at Mugshots Jail Bar (75 Nicholas St). As...

Cold Eggs by Toronto Homicide Squad

We reflect on Black Walls’ new album, Communion.

WRONG HOLE (Brutal Knights/Teenanger/Quest For Fire/Deadly Snakes) T.O. Superb Groop at @mugshotsjailbar tonight! + comedy by @nickflanagan & @theedavey @disc0p @tommybonez & Patric. $5/10 pm.

Dirty Beaches – Drifters/Love is the Devil. Zoo Music

Flawless. One half Bitches Brewed goth-funk, one half cinematic love songs to the night. This one will stay with me for years.

Grouper – The Man Who Died in His Boat, Kranky

The most beautiful sounds I heard all year...

Toronto singer-songwriter Kenneth Reaume is getting ready to unleash Communion, his sophomore album under the name Black Walls. Aimed for a late-January release on Pleasence Records, the album promises to take the Black Walls sound in a more ambitious post-rock direction, emphasizing dense, atmospheric, mostly instrumental compositions.

Here’s what Reaume had to say about the album in a statement to Exclaim!: Communion began in the aftermath of my father’s passing and I had a hard time personally. I recorded it mostly at night in my bedroom. Musically these songs possess a glacial, mountainous, almost monolithic quality that reflected my mood and state of mind. Recording these songs, I found myself exploring the metaphysical nature of life, my deeply religious upbringing, solitude, dependency and detachment from others, confusion/anxiety and subconsciously craving to disconnect and yearn for a more pastoral existence. Check out the album’s cover art above and tracklisting below. Communion: 1. Communion 2. Field Two (bonus track, download only) 3. PTSD 4. Untitled 5. Funeral/Wake