The Famines at Broken City, Calgary, 8 January, 2010 – Gig Review and Show Photos

By Lindsay Goodwin
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January 15, 2010
The Famines at Broken City, Calgary, 8 January, 2010 – Gig Review and Show Photos

Review and show photos from The Famines gig at Broken City, Calgary on January 8, 2010. Support came from Fist City and The Wicked Awesomes! In one word: Spillage
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Verse Is Everything at The Distillery, Calgary, 23 December, 2009 – Review and Photos

By Lindsay Goodwin
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December 27, 2009
Verse Is Everything at The Distillery, Calgary, 23 December, 2009 – Review and Photos

Gig review and show photos of Verse Is Everything at The Distillery, Calgary with State of Demur and Warbird. In one word: Pumped
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Bodyjar with The Jackards at Dunsborough Hotel, Western Australia, 11 December 2009 – Gig Review and Show Photos

By Steve Pass
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December 12, 2009
Bodyjar with The Jackards at Dunsborough Hotel, Western Australia, 11 December 2009 – Gig Review and Show Photos

Gig/Concert: Bodyjar “The End is Now” tour with The Jackards Venue: Dunsborough Hotel, Dunsborough, Western Australia Date: 11 December 2009 Headliners: Bodyjar In one word: Sentimental The seaside, surfing town of Dunsborough was the perfect setting for Australian skate-punk veterans Bodyjar’s second last gig ever, having decided to call it a day after 15...
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Mew with The D’Urbervilles at The Mod Club, Toronto, 6 December 2009 – Live Review, Photos and Setlist

By Brian Banks
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December 7, 2009
Mew with The D’Urbervilles at The Mod Club, Toronto, 6 December 2009 – Live Review, Photos and Setlist

Gig/Concert: Mew with The D’Urberviles Venue: The Mod Club, College Street, Toronto Date: 6 December 2009 Headliners: Mew In one word: Enthralling Arriving at The Mod Club with fortunate punctuality, I made my way inside and glanced to the merch table and saw D’Urberville’s stuff for sale. I queried the merch monkey with the...
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Nitzer Ebb with Opopo at The Mod Club, Toronto, 1 December 2009 – Live Review and Show Photos

By Brian Banks
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December 3, 2009
Nitzer Ebb with Opopo at The Mod Club, Toronto, 1 December 2009 – Live Review and Show Photos

Gig/Concert: Nitzer Ebb ‘Industrial Complex’ tour, with local support from Opopo Venue: The Mod Club, College Street, Toronto Date: 1 December 2009 Headliners: Nitzer Ebb In one word: Lacklustre Honestly, the less said about this one the better. I turned up to this gig ignoring the fact that Nitzer Ebb were very much the...
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The Big Pink at Lee’s Palace, Toronto, 29 November 2009 – Live Review

By Brian Banks
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November 30, 2009

Gig/Concert: The Big Pink at Lee’s Palace Venue: Lee’s Palace, Toronto, ON, Canada Date: 29 November 2009 Headliners: The Big Pink In one word: Adhesive Arriving at Lee’s Palace at 10 o’ clock, just ten minutes before London band The Big Pink came on, it took me mere seconds to be become immersed in...
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Album Review: Dan Mangan – Nice, Nice, Very Nice (Polaris Prize nominee)

By Natascha Malta
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August 23, 2010

This review is part of our series of reviews of the shortlisted 2010 Polaris Prize albums. The Polaris Prize...
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Album Review: O. Children

By Michael Bowser
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August 18, 2010

Title: O. Children Artist: O. Children Label:  Deadly People Recordings Released: 12 July 2010 In one word: Gloomtastic A...
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Album Review Radio Radio – Belmundo Regal (Polaris Prize nominee)

By Natascha Malta
3
August 16, 2010

This review is part of our series of reviews of the shortlisted 2010 Polaris Prize albums. The Polaris Prize...
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Album Review: Samsara – Instinct Over Influence

By Michael Bowser
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August 9, 2010

Title: Instinct Over Influence Artist: Samsara Label: Trial & Error Records / Stomp Released: 9 July 2010 In one...
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Album Review: Factor – Lawson Graham (w/ song clip and a Toronto G20 slideshow)

By Brian Banks
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July 30, 2010

Title: Lawson Graham Artist: Factor Label: Fake Four Inc. Released: 27 April 2010 In one word: Exceptional I took...
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Album Review: The Sadies – Darker Circles (Polaris Prize nominee)

By Natascha Malta
0
July 30, 2010

In this first installation of reviews of the shortlisted 2010 Polaris Prize albums, I’m going to be looking at...
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Interviews

Mike Wengren and Dan Donegan of Disturbed - photo by Brian Banks, Music Vice

Disturbed interview – band talk about Asylum, boycotting BP, the end of the world and their hunger to make music

“We pretty much just live music… it’s not a hobby, it’s not even a job… it’s a lifestyle; we live it, we breathe it, we eat it, we sleep it.” – Mike Wengren, Disturbed Earlier this week Disturbed released their fifth studio album Asylum. I caught up with the American metal band while they...

Pinky Beecroft interview – a Q&A with The White Russians frontman

Pinky Beecroft interview – a Q&A with The White Russians frontman

Pinky Beecroft used to be a member of the infamous Australian band/cabaret act that was Machine Gun Fellatio, but these days his pet project is called The White Russians.  Michael Bowser gets the low-down on milk-based drinks, the brilliance of Ween and the merits of writing for TV shows like Farscape (as one’s day...

The Bedroom Philosopher interview – On music, ‘nu-Australian’ and Mexican space stations

The Bedroom Philosopher interview – On music, ‘nu-Australian’ and Mexican space stations

Hailing from Melbourne, Australia, The Bedroom Philosopher is the musical persona of one Justin Heazlewood, a multi-talented comedian/writer/whatever-the-hell-else-he-feels-like-doing who clearly has spent far too much of his time travelling on trams.  Michael Bowser drills him about his heady new concept album, Songs From The 86 Tram, among other hot topics such as the “nu-Australian”...