Interviews

Hands & Teeth interview: Toronto band talk cookies, music and tales from Parkdale

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July 18, 2011
Hands & Teeth - Kevin Black and Jeff Pinto

Pixelated: Hands & Teeth members Kevin and Jeff Hands & Teeth are a band from Toronto.*  Kevin Black (vocals, guitar)  and Jeff Pinto (vocals, keys, guitar) spoke to Natascha Malta...
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The Airborne Toxic Event interview – TATE talk about All at Once, “selling out” and politics in music

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May 25, 2011
The Airborne Toxic Event interview – TATE talk about All at Once, “selling out” and politics in music

The Airborne Toxic Event have just released their second album All At Once, the follow-up to their 2008 self-titled debut and it’s alternative radio hit...
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JD & the FDCs interview – British punk rock band talk about their music, the Midlands music scene and sobriety

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April 4, 2011
JD & the FDC's

“Bands these days seem to be more concerned with what other bands are doing instead of concentrating on their own business. It’s downright...
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Misteur Valaire interview (CMW 2011) – Quebec band talk about their music

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March 22, 2011
Misteur Valaire - photo by Caroline Aksich, Music Vice

François-Simon Déziel (France) : Basse, synthétiseur Jonathan Drouin (DRouin/ Kangaroo Joe) : Saxophone, synthétiseur Julien Harbec (Kilojules) : Batterie, tables tournantes Thomas Hébert (Roboto) : Trompette, piano, synthétiseur Louis-Pierre Phaneuf (Luis Clavis) : Percussions, voix It’s...
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Urgent Blood interview – introducing Aussie-Scottish thrash monsters UB!, with new video for “Tram Pig”

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February 4, 2011
Urgent Blood - credit Oh Darling Dearest

photo credit: Oh Darling Dearest What the heck can one say about Scottish-cum-Melbournian thrash-punk band Urgent Blood?  Fucked if Michael Bowser knows…best leave most of the talking to...
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Future Relative interview – Lead singer, Armand Aviram, discusses new EP and surviving the music industry

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November 24, 2010
Future Relative - photo credit Erin Erwin

Future Relative, an electro-pop band based in New York City, is in the midst of preparing for their headlining show at Mercury Lounge this Friday, November 26....
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Podcast – Interview with Blaine Cartwright of Nashville Pussy

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November 10, 2010
Nashville Pussy

Blaine Cartwright of Nashville Pussy talked to Fraser Tebutt, pre-show in Hamilton, ON. Download the podcast: Blaine Cartwright of Nashville Pussy – Toronto Tocks Podcast 14 (right-click...
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Nick Teehan interview

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October 28, 2010
Nicky Teehan - illustration by Natascha Malta

Usually when someone starts a sentence with, “I have this friend who’s in a band” I make some excuse to go because I know that someone’s going to hand me some awful EP to listen to, or try and drag...
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Errata interview – Melbourne jazzcore band talk about their jazz-metal vision and, er, William Shatner

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October 25, 2010
Errata - Melbourne based jazz-metal band

Melbourne’s Errata are a rather, erm, “strange” band.  Stranger still is the fact that they chose to have an enigmatic figure calling himself “Henry Spencer” answer questions on...
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Podcast – Jay Millette of Darlings of Chelsea and Black Halos

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October 22, 2010
Darlings of Chelsea at Bovine Sex Club, 16 October 2010 - photo by Brian Banks, Music Vice

Podcast! - New MV contributor Fraser Tebbutt talks in-depth to Jay Millette of Darlings of Chelsea and formerly of Black Halos. Fraser has been running a great podcast called Toronto Tocks. The...
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