SHOUT OUT OUT OUT OUT - REINTEGRATION TIMEIf you're walking around the city on any given day, it's not unusual to see a few people in the artsy area of Queen Street sporting a Shout Out Out Out Out t-shirt. The reason for this of course, is that this dance-rock electro outfit from Edmonton have built up a very solid reputation based largely on the strength of their amazing live show. Their debu...
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Let's get right into it...The Weakerthans (pictured above) are playing three shows at The Phoenix starting tonight (March 31st.) After years of unintentional neglect, I will be attending show #2 on Wednesday April 1st. This show is sure to be wicked awesome since joining them will be The Constantines (whom I've seen: amazing!) and The Waking Eyes (whom I've also seen: amazing!) the first two sh...
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I've been following the evolution of local lo-fi phenom The Space Between Things (aka Chris Hobson) for over a year now, and it's frightening the amount of prolific output that has been created by this musical workaholic in that relatively short time. Other than the odd song being featured on a compilation or soundtrack however, the amount of stuff actually being exposed to more than a fleeting...
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Wow, it's taking me a long time to blog about all of the going's on surrounding CMF but here I am, finally reporting on my final event of last week, the Audio Blood Tea Party. Though technically not a part of CMF festivities, I couldn't think of any better way to wind down at the end of the week than by sipping on a styrofoam cup of free Organic Mango while in the intimate setting of Kensington...
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I'm actually amazed at how 'not tired' I was by day 4 of Canadian Music Week or Fest or whatever. It's not that I'm not tired, it's just that I was expecting myself to be twice as tired as I actually felt on Saturday night. Still, I avoided venue hopping and had decided to just simply get my twang on at Lee's Palace for the night. The lineup looked solid, featuring some of the more folk and cou...
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Friday night of Canadian Music Fest was an enjoyable mix of bands that I've seen several times before, and others that I have meant to see but due to circumstances, never did.Most of my music loving friends were shocked to hear that I had still never gotten around to seeing Dinosaur Bones perform. Along with Still Life Still, they are currently the most well supported act in the city, and to sa...
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As is usually the case, I was not able to get out on Thursday night until after 10 or so, and I decided that I was just going to plop myself down at Lee's Palace and check out the lineup there.I arrived there as Newfoundland's The Novaks were partway through their set. They played some pretty straight forward rock 'n roll that seems to be influenced by riff heavy rock like The Rolling Stones, w...
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I started off my crazy five days of activity by heading just up the street to The Mod Club to see Sloan, the old reliables, doing what they do best. Opening the evening were a couple of local pop rock bands whose music treads a similar territory to the one that Sloan had crafted almost 20 years ago.Opening the evening was Zeus, who are a musical amalgamation of bands that I've been somewhat acq...
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Reviews of Franz Ferdinand, Grizzly Owls and The Craft EconomyAs you've likely already noticed, I haven't had a lot of time for posting this week. Work has been quite busy (which is a good thing) and Canadian Music Week / Fest is well under way. Saw a great show on Wednesday night, another one last night and will likely be doing so again this evening. Reviews and pictures and whatnot will be po...
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Holler, Wild Rose! - Our Little HymnalIt's no secret that, although I do enjoy a catchy hook and a simple melody, nothing impresses me more than an artist that has the guts to stretch beyond the masses' collective acceptance of stagnant music forms. New Jersey's Holler, Wild Rose! have released a magnificent album in Our Little Hymnal by doing just that. Admittedly, the album's epic length cou...
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I'm at the point where I've really had just about all that I can stand of winter, and I'd be lying if I didn't admit to really wanting to stay home on that freezing Friday night last week. But I had invested so much time and energy into promoting this show at The Silver Dollar that I knew I had to go. Add to that the extra motivation of the fact that a friend of mine, whom I hadn't seen for a c...
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Reviews of Said The Whale, Jenn Grant & Shotgun JimmieDue to the fact that I've received an insanely unmanageable amount of CD's to listen to and possibly review over the last few months, I figured that it was about time that I let you know a bit about some of the music that has entered my tympanic membrane over the last little while.Said The Whale : Howe Sounds / Taking AbaloniaAlthough I've n...
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Well, this post is going to be a bit of a lengthy post since the month of March is looking pretty dang busy as far as I can tell. It's that time of the year when Canadian Music Fest (or Canadian Music Week for all you traditionalists out there) rears its crazy head from March 11 to March 14th, and although I'm not going to be able to share with you all of the goings on, I can at least give you ...
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My feature in this week's issue of Crawdaddy! magazine!!Crawdaddy! Magazine is a rock magazine that was established by Paul Williams in 1966, preceding both Rolling Stone and Creem. It was the first U.S. magazine to focus solely on intelligent and literate rock journalism, and has featured contributions from Richard Meltzer, Cameron Crowe, John Lennon, William S Burroughs and Jon Landau, to nam...
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Last Wednesday night was another winter filled evening of freezing rain and dirty snow, yet the girls and guys of Olenka and the Autumn Lovers made the trek from London, Ontario to our slushy city anyways for The Tranzac's Wombat Wednesdays, and boy, am I glad that they did! The last time that I saw this band, I was completely taken in by their uplifting sound, as well as Olenka Krakus' captiva...
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STILL LIFE STILLEverybody needs a support group, and from what I've seen, no Toronto band has a greater one than Still Life Still. In a recent interview on the Zygiella podcast with local sensations Dinosaur Bones, the members of that band could not stop singing their praises. The notorious Lonely Vagabond has described them as a "sonic-stew of epic rock with rhythmic theatrics rivaling that of...
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It's becoming more and more obvious that Nevado Records and I are entirely on the same wavelength when it comes to music. Besides being headed by former members of my crush of 2007, the now defunct Reily, their label now boasts an impressive roster that includes Bass Lions, Elephant, Yukon Blonde and Fox Jaws. These are all bands that I feel quite strongly about. In fact, they are some of the b...
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Over the last year or so, the in-store performance has become much more frequent than I remember it being in years past, and I loves me a good in-store show for a couple of reasons. First of all, it's usually quite brief, which caters nicely to my personal attention span. Secondly, it's generally early, which caters nicely to my love of sleep. And thirdly, they are always free, which caters nic...
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Over the last year or so, the in-store performance has become much more frequent than I remember it being in years past, and I loves me a good in-store show for a couple of reasons. First of all, it's usually quite brief, which caters nicely to my personal attention span. Secondly, it's generally early, which caters nicely to my love of sleep. And thirdly, they are always free, which caters nic...
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I received a pretty decent little EP from a local band called Fleece Elves. Although the band has been playing together for a couple of years now, The Dreams EP is the first time that they've made product available to the public and they've got a sound that is warm and easy to absorb. Their style could best be described as easily accessible folk tinged pop music with the emphasis placed on the...
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