
Join our team of music fans on
a journey to determine if influential music
from the past has withstood the test of time
THE MONTHLY ALBUM SELECTIONS

Listen to our Sonic Collective member explain the selection for the month. Be sure to follow up the next month to hear the reviews from the group.
MC5 – Kick Out the Jams
Tracy Chapman – Self Titled
One Hit Wonders: The Wallflowers – Bringing Down the Horse
One Hit Wonders: Blu Cantrell – So Blu
One Hit Wonders: New Radicals – Maybe You’ve Been Brainwashed Too
One Hit Wonders: a-ha — Take on me from Hunting High and Low
Patty Loveless – When Fallen Angels Fly
The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Monthly Reviews

Each month our members rotate picking the artists or theme to be reviewed, dissected and discussed. Join us!
Review of MC5: Kick out the Jams
Review of Tracy Chapman: Self-titled
One Hit Wonder or Not? The Wallflowers – Bringing Down the Horse
One Hit Wonder or Not? Blu Cantrell – So Blu
One Hit Wonder or Not? New Radicals’ Maybe You’ve Been Brainwashed Too
One Hit Wonder or Not? a-ha’s Take on Me
Review of Patty Loveless: When Fallen Angels Fly
Review of The Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground and Nico
Review of King Crimson: In the Court of the Crimson King
Musical Musings

Sometimes we just find cool music stuff on the Interwebs that we just have to share.
Four bands people love to hate
A Conversation with Danko Jones
Getting to Know WiL
A Chat with Sam Roberts – All of Us
Albums that Changed Our Musical Tastes
An Exploration of Musical Supergroups
What Makes a Great Album? Featuring Broadcasting Legend Alan Cross
Boredom Cures for the Music Fan
4 Movie Soundtracks That Matter
The Sonic Collective Members

Meet our team of music lovers.

Scott Coates
Scott has lived in Southeast Asia since 1999, when he co-founded what became one of the region’s most respected luxury travel companies, Smiling Albino. There, he designed and led adventures throughout SE Asia and Nepal before selling out of the business in 2013 to try his hand at other pursuits. While working as a Team Building Consultant, he developed a keen interest in how people learn and grow which led him to serve as Director of People Development with one of the region's largest travel companies, EXO Travel. \An enthusiastic mountain biker, runner, and explorer, he also very much likes bobbing his head to AC/DC while sipping beers.

Alain DuPuis
Alain is a native Calgarian with a longstanding love of music. Groomed on post-grunge and 90s alternative, he seeks to expand his audio horizons ever further, exploring all the genres he once looked down upon. When he's not busy working six days a week like some sort of maniac, he enjoys gaming, obsessing about whisky, working out or frequenting seedy karaoke bars around town.

Scott Gregory
Scott Gregory is the newest dad of the group and brings his love of melody and music to the Sonic Collective. Scott is always full of facts and seems to have an uncanny love for the women in music. He likes to push the Collective into areas that we may otherwise overlook. Scott loves his new little family, the New York Rangers and all the music he can consume between diaper changes.

Darren Scott
Darren currently lives in Calgary, Alberta, Canada where he can often be found in the best live music venues in town (Palamino, Commonwealth, King Eddy's, Broken City, Cafe Koi, etc.) and he is used to being "The old guy" at the young punk shows. Darren likes to know the stories behind the music he listens to and enjoys the musical journey of it all. A "say it like it is" guy in his own words, he tends to go a little off the cuff from time to time. Ok, all the time. He loves his family, friends and Flames and has a sense of humour he thinks is hilarious.
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4 weeks ago
Review of MC5: Kick out the Jams
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October 2023 saw us dive into the very first punk album of all time. It’s so the first that it wasn't even classified as punk at the time. MC5 recorded this, their first album live and we all felt t...Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Linked In Share by Email
4 weeks ago
Album selection: Jay-Z - The Black Album
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For our November 2023 review, Alain brings to the table Jay-Z's The Black Album. Once infamously claimed to be his final mic-drop before retirement, Jay-Z left us with a critically-acclaimed piece tha...Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Linked In Share by Email
2 months ago
Review: Tracy Chapman, Self-titled
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Get ready for a thrilling ride through music history! In the last four episodes, we've been grooving to the catchy tunes of one-hit wonders. But now, hold on to your seats because we're shifting gears...Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Linked In Share by Email