The first time I heard a Stars song, “Your Ex-lover is Dead”, I remembered my friend bragging, “you know, they’re Canadian”. There is a reason why Stars makes me proud to be Canadian, and although we also have Bieber representing us in terms of musical talent, Stars have a way of singing about love, heartbreak, […]
Gang Signs do indeed know how to put the ‘party’ into an album release party. While there were no piñatas or rounds of pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey (though that would have been a premium idea), there was non-stop dancing and great music all night. Everyone was there to celebrate Gang Signs’ debut self-titled EP which was released on […]
Call it a quirk but I can’t help but show up early for gigs. Ever since I showed up early one night in 2001 and caught Fugazi sound checking inside a soon-to-be-full community center, I’ve made the habit of being early whenever possible. Who knows what’ll happen? On this Friday night at the Shark Club, […]
From the arresting cover art to the merciless beat of the title track, Failed States nails it down: this is the album of 2012, the only album that is of today. And is it really any surprise? The Winnipeg thrash veterans have only been one-upping themselves since they first broke out. Propagandhi are like returning […]
Well, I’m going to just cut to the chase and admit that I don’t really spend a lot of time listening to Finnish Death/Doom/Metal music. But this sound is kind of what I expected from Swallow the Sun, a band labeling themselves Death/Doom. It’s pretty morbid. I’m a little terrified, I can’t lie. Mikko Kotamäki’s […]
Two Door Cinema Club’s Alex Trimble, Kevin Baird and Sam Halliday are back with a follow-up to their debut album Tourist History, and being somewhat a fan I was expecting nothing less than matured, polished electro-pop/rock perfection with enthusiastically titled sophomore album Beacon. Not only has the band’s song “I Can Talk” been featured in […]
I feel so fancy when I go to the Queen Elizabeth Theatre to see a show. Out on the town, just me and my sexy… notepad. Last Friday brought out a good bunch of predominantly thirty-something rockers looking for a good time. Jane’s Addiction would have to be truly horrible if they were going to […]
Whitehorse conjures up a sound of the purest terra Canadiana. Over the arch of its twelve songs, The Fate of the World Depends on this Kiss takes listeners through the bankrupt mining towns and faded fishing villages of the twin coasts, into the dirt road isolation of the Prairies and spits them out onto the […]
Finland’s melodic power metal powerhouse Stratovarius’ new live 2-CD set Under Flaming Winter Skies – Live in Tampere, released in North America on August 28, says goodbye to departing drummer Jörg Michael, who was part of the group for over a decade. No, the band isn’t breaking up. In fact, they are returning in 2013 […]
I know I’ve been to a great show when I walk out of the venue with a new favourite song that isn’t the single on the album, and yup… Yeasayer definitely lived up to this flawless theory of mine. From electronic to pop-rock to reggae, Yeasayer has found a perfect blend of soulful grooves and […]
The first time I heard a Stars song, “Your Ex-lover is Dead”, I remembered my friend bragging, “you know, they’re Canadian”. There is a reason why Stars makes me proud to be Canadian, and although we also have Bieber representing us in terms of musical talent, Stars have a way of singing about love, heartbreak, […] 