Ra Ra Riot at the Mod Club, Toronto –...
Neil Young to bring Le Noise on 28 September...
The Maccabees at Concorde 2, Brighton – Gig review...
Shows To Go To – September 2010: featuring Slash,...
The Gig: Ra Ra Riot secret show Where: The Mod Club, Toronto, Ontario, Canada...
Neil Young has announced a new album entitled Le Noise to be released 28...
The Gig: The Maccabees and Holy Vessels Where: Concorde 2, Brighton, United Kingdom When:...
M.I.A. two Canadian dates are among are top picks in September’s Shows To Go...
The Gig: Forest City Lovers w/ Gentleman Reg Where: Great Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada When: 12 August 2010 In One Word: Disappointing n.b. The following review has received a fair amount of blowback (via email, comments and even Twitter) in the past 24 hours from people who perceived my review to be “angry”, or...
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The Gig: Interpol Where: Kool Haus, Toronto, Ontario, Canada When: 10 August 2010 In One Word: Evocative It’s uncommon these days that I attend a concert as media without a camera strung around my neck, but tonight at the Kool Haus I was happy to watch the show with just a beer in my...
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The Gig: Artery Where: The Lexington, London, England When: 7 August 2010 In One Word: Intense Having been a long-time fan of the British post-punk movement, I bought a DVD documentary some years back entitled “Made in Sheffield”…and while my main interest lay in bands I have known and loved for eons such as...
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The Gig: Underage Festival 2010 Where: Victoria Park, London, England When: 1st August 2010 In One Word: Fab East London’s Victoria Park is usually a calm and tranquil place, but not today as 10,000 14-18 year olds descended on the park for a day of the hottest new bands to some of the industries...
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The Gig: Airbourne Where: The Phoenix, Toronto, ON, Canada When: Wednesday 4 August 2010 In One Word: Explosive STATUS REPORT………. This is Lieutenant-General Brian A. Banks reporting from the rock ‘n’ roll frontline for Music Vice in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Reports of an Australian group invading Canada can now be confirmed. The four-piece invasion...
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The Gig: Osheaga music festival Where: Montreal, Quebec, Canada When: Sunday 1 August 2010 In One Word: Special Saturday at Osheaga was incredible but Sunday was a lot more of the same – and then some! Sure, Arcade Fire’s performance was not bettered, but the atmosphere and fun times had been kicked up a...
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This review is part of our series of reviews of the shortlisted 2010 Polaris Prize albums. The Polaris Prize...
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Title: O. Children Artist: O. Children Label: Deadly People Recordings Released: 12 July 2010 In one word: Gloomtastic A...
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This review is part of our series of reviews of the shortlisted 2010 Polaris Prize albums. The Polaris Prize...
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Title: Instinct Over Influence Artist: Samsara Label: Trial & Error Records / Stomp Released: 9 July 2010 In one...
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Title: Lawson Graham Artist: Factor Label: Fake Four Inc. Released: 27 April 2010 In one word: Exceptional I took...
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In this first installation of reviews of the shortlisted 2010 Polaris Prize albums, I’m going to be looking at...
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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...
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”...
Deadly Are The Naked are a Melbournian band who know how to Party – that’s with a capital fuckin’ “P”, folks! – both live and on record, as well as mellow out with the occasional silky-smooth, chilled ballad. Michael Bowser moves up close enough to the flying sweat and the high-energy forces of nature...
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