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I’ve been trying to keep weekend posts to a minimum lately (a blogger needs some rest, doesn’t he?) but thought–hey, why wait for this? By the time I get around to posting it, it’ll have been everywhere already. Vampir...
I’m still trying to get myself back into the swing of things after my whirlwind week back and forth to NYC, so forgive me if some of this is old news, but it’s all good stuff nonetheless. La...
When I was in high school, I discovered Anne Rice’s vampire novels and–pardon the pun–was bitten. I ca...
(photo: myspace.com) What I love about writing a blog is having a documented record of the changes in my listening habits, and seeing the evolution/connection between records in my collection...
(photo: myspace.com) I avoided reading any review or talk of Strokes front man Julian Casablancas’s solo debut album, Phrazes For the Young, before actually listening to the thing myself. It was a semi-conscious decision, but one guided by premonition nonetheless. ...
(photo: BrubeN.com) One day last week, as I sat down with my breakfast and coffee and The Globe & Mail, My eye was drawn to a short review for All My Friends Are Funeral Singers, the new LP from Chicago’s Califone. ...
To win yourself a copy of Giant Hand’s Coming Home please see the contest details at the end of this post. Kirk Ramsay has certainly had one heck of a whirl wind year. As the only man behind the moniker Giant Hand, he’s got a lot to handle on his own. So far, so great. As...
Happy Friday the 13th! This week’s 4FTW post is coming a bit early, as I’ve got my hands full trying to take care of last minute details before taking off for NYC on Monday. Th...
(photo: myspace.com/birdandbearband) I’m getting ready for a trip to Manhattan next week, and I’ve been working feverishly to get some posts in the can for the days that I’ll be away, but it seems that every time I pick up something to listen to and perhaps write about, I’m finding myself thinkin...
(photo: myspace.com/malenurse) Do you have an awkward friend who makes jokes that go over like lead balloons? You’re not exactly sure if he’s being serious or funny, or if he’s seriously trying to be funny. For ...
(photo: Pamela Littky) I’m always amused by people who categorize anything as being “chick-”, like chick-flicks, chick-lit, or chick-music. Yes, art and other inanimate objects can have an air of masculinity or femininity to them, but to actually assign a gender? I’ve...
Back on July 17, 2007, Vivek Shraya subjected himself to a little thing I used to call the QBiM Questionnaire. The premise was simple: I emailed artists a list of nonsensical and non-threatening questions all in the name of getting to know them better...
(photo: mysapce.com/pixies) This week’s 4-pick was going to be a no-brainer. 20 years ago, 1989: the finest year of the modern music era. Don’t believe me? Check this out–one of the earliest QBiM posts that doesn’t make me wince with embarrassment–and tell me if you think differently. The worl...
(photo: Vanessa Heins) I’m pretty positive that I wrote a post sometimes back on Vancouver’s Said The Whale, around the time they released the Talking Abalonia EP in 2007. Un...
(photo: Bryanna Reilly) A while back, a very unassuming and nondescript email came across my screen introducing me to Digits, a Toronto-based musician who started twiddling knobs in his bedroom (and not those kind of knobs–get your mind out of the gutter!) earlier this year, and has now emerged w...
