Daniel Robichaud

A Story of Synth and Pop

It’s often not easy for a band’s second album to measure up to the expectations set by their first. Austra, however, has shown a certain consistency of awesomeness, first in

Gentleman’s Dub Club “Riot”

[youtube]http://youtu.be/FbroJCaqd18[/youtube] Gentleman’s Dub Club are a nine-piece dub band from the UK, and “Riot” is the first video from their upcoming debut album, Fourty Four, due sometime this autumn.  Shot

When Saints Go Machine “Iodine”

[youtube]http://youtu.be/yE-lelxbUVE[/youtube] When Saints Go Machine decided to follow-up their unexpectedly awesome collaboration with Southern rapper Killer Mike with this captivating new video for “Iodine”.  As the singer’s ethereal vocals mix

Reaching To Rock

“Lower your expectations,” the recurring joke started by Lady Lamb the Beekeeper went. But as the night progressed, those words seemed more sage than humorous. While I had zero expectations

Ben Caplan: The Bearded Bard

If beards could sing, they would sound like Ben Caplan: deep, coarse, and all over the map (in a great, messy-on-purpose way). His intensity is certain, and comes with ease,

Nominal Strut

One thing you can always count on The Astoria for is so-cheap-they’re-essentially-free shows. They’re often good too. Nominal Records’ showcase, which featured five of the Vancouver label’s best talents for

An Instrumental Voice of Power

Known for his booming vocals and one of the most impressive beards in music, Ben Caplan was kind enough to sit down with me for a chat before his show

Unnecessary Clutter

Armed with a ukulele, a standard hollow body and a backup band, the harmonious unity of sisterly voices that are The Staves echoed through The Biltmore Cabaret… but this time,

“Dear Zachary”: Touching and Enraging

When a loved one dies, the web of grief reaches far and wide and everyone they have ever touched is impacted. When Kurt Kuenne’s friend Andrew Bagby was murdered in