Player Hating: A Love Story Is A Haunting Documentary
Thanks to director Maggie Hadleigh-West's casual documentary style and the openness of the film's subject, Half-A-Mil and his crew, Player Hating is an intensely personal film.
View ArticleSloan Play Career-Spanning Set At Mod Club
What does a band with 10 albums and 20 years of songs under their belt choose to play? The answer seemed to be whatever they want.Many fans, including some superfans,...
View ArticlePeter Gabriel Show Wonderfully Matches Technology, Humanitarianism, The...
Peter Gabriel's passion for new technology is what keeps him such a vital, exciting artist, 40 years into his career.
View ArticleChilly Gonzales — The Unspeakable Chilly Gonzales
The phrase "orchestral rap album" runs the risk of making hip-hop listeners buckle up and watch out for gimmicks ahead. Tell people your new album was influenced by Ennio Morricone,...
View ArticleBodies Of Water — Twist Again
Bodies Of Water are not the same band they were four years ago. For starters, "One Hand Loves The Other," Twist Again's opener, is a dead-on impersonation of a Low...
View ArticleS.C.E.N.E. Festival Excites The Kids
Attending the 2011 S.C.E.N.E Music Festival has opened my eyes to a stark reality: I simply do not fit in with modern day youth culture.
View ArticleEliza Doolittle Unlikely Star At Montreal Jazz Festival
There was a lot of snickering at the start of U.K. pop chanteuse Eliza Doolittle's first show in Montreal, and in just an hour-and-a-half she managed to transform the giggles...
View ArticleBoris — Heavy Rocks
This album is not to be confused with Boris' 2002 LP of the same name or the series of seven-inch singles the band released under the Heavy Rocks Hits banner....
View ArticleBoris — Attention Please
Attention Please is certainly a curveball in Japanese rockers Boris' large catalogue, and not the kind you'd expect from a band named after a Melvins song. All 10 songs were...
View ArticleThe Vaccines — What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?
The Vaccines clearly understand the double-edged nature of hype and how hype's easier to create than to live up to. Look no further than the brazen, self-conscious title of their...
View ArticleThe Head And The Heart — The Head And The Heart
It was bound to happen. What with all of the recent mainstream success of folk-rock acts like Fleet Foxes and Mumford & Sons, it was only a matter of time...
View ArticleJ. Rocc — Some Cold Rock Stuf
You may not have heard of J.Rocc, but you've probably heard his work before.
View ArticleKeren Ann Puts On Show For Adults
Indulging in an evening of Keren Ann should make just about as much sense as sipping on a glass of red wine, reading your favourite book and ignoring the fickleness...
View ArticleGRUBB's Band Of Gypsies Illuminates Montreal Jazz Festival
The Canadian premiere of Quebec theatre star Serge Denoncourt's Gypsy Roma Urban Balkan Beats (or GRUBB) was being called a "humanitarian artistic event" because it was as significant for its...
View ArticleWhite Denim's Throwback Sound Has Loyal Followers
If there was ever an award for the most ill-fitting band name, White Denim would take home the first place ribbon. Cream coloured jeans more often conjure up images of...
View ArticleBlack Stone Cherry — Between The Devil & The Deep Blue Sea
What does post-grunge music have in common with Alexander Keith's beer? Those who like it, like it a lot. Which is to say those who enjoy genre giants like Nickelback...
View ArticleVieux Farka Toure — The Secret
Malian musician Vieux Farka Toure continues to carve out a path that both honours his late father Ali Farka Toure — the legendary musician who brought this nation's music scene...
View ArticleJesu — Ascension
Justin K. Broadrick's Jesu project has always been his most accessible. It's filled with lush-but-heavy riffing and reams of droning melody. As such, it stands in stark contrast to his...
View ArticleAmon Tobin — ISAM
Over the decade and a half Brazilian DJ/Turntable-master Amon Tobin has been manipulating sound in a way that equally stimulates both the brain and the booty.
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