The Devil presents the soundtrack to the summer riots rocking the UK with this message to the youth of Britain don't riot just dance. Go Try Ra Ra Riot - Boy by Arts & Crafts Atari Teenage Riot - Black Flags (feat. Boots Riley) by Alec Empire/ ATR 6 Day Riot - "Run For Your Life" by ASongs Publishing [...]
Frank Yang I wasn't even intending to be at this show. The plan had been to catch The Joy Formidable at one of their many SxSW shows and thus free up this evening for something else or nothing else. A good plan, on paper, but one scuppered by the fact that the Welsh trio, who released their debut album The Big Roar Stateside on the eve of the festival, would turn out to be one of the buzz bands of the fest and any of the showcases I [...]
This is one of those weeks where there could be two of you and you'd still probably not quite manage to get to all the decent gigs in the city this week. Personally I am going to try and keep it a bit calm, but I have my doubts as to whether or not I am likely to succeed. Mrs. Toad, no doubt, will be wildly impressed. I had fun down in London last week, incidentally. As I mentioned, I did a quick interview with Tom Robinson for BBC 6Music while I was there and, in typical fashion, [...]
Apologies for the lack of a Friday Freebies last week, I'm afraid that I got struck down by a dose of the dreaded man flu and was pretty useless to man nor beast. On the plus side I now have a double dose of free shit to share with you all, bet your chuffed to bits with that news. Either that or you don't give two fucks and are too excited about the prospect of getting hammered tonight and eating the face of random strangers. Either here's this weeks freebies........ [...]
ICHC I'm not really a Christmas person. I'm certainly not against it or a conscientious abstainer, at least not from its secular aspects, I just do my best to ignore it for the first couple weeks of December until denial gives way to blind panic when I realize I still have too much to do to the degree in which I do participate. Things end up so hectic that actually enjoying the season, whatever that means, is mostly out of the question. One thing the holidays are good for, though, are covers as everyone [...]
Facebook I took to watching the British TV show Skins a little while back and in keeping with popular opinion, found the first two seasons to be compellingly done and only mildly ridiculous overall whereas the next generation was rather astoundingly charisma-free and so over the top that even the most outrageous soap opera writers would have gone, "really? You did that?". If there was some solace to be taken as I endured the later episodes (once I start watching something it's very difficult to stop, no matter how bad), [...]
Frank Yang One might think that after last weekend's three-day salute to the '90s I'd be ready to get back to the 21st century, musically-speaking, but instead last Wednesday night turned the dial on the wayback-machine even further - Chapterhouse was in town. The North American leg of their reunion tour, which began in late 2009, was delayed from May until this Fall due to volcanic ash though the Toronto show was cancelled earlier for reasons unknown. Hogtown was back on for the new dates, however, and at a larger venue no [...]
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"Take a look around, you'll see the flags raised again." Monday got you down? No worries! Picking you up from the pit of a Monday is 6 Day Riot . With a member for every day of riot but one, this London quintet has seen their fair share of terrible, horrible, no good, very bad days from dashed Olympic dreams to a previous band kafuffle that left one of them all alone on the eve of a tour. And all of that's just one member! As the voice of 6 Day Riot, Tamara Schlesinger proves [...]
ARTIST: Hey! Rotate This. 013 The 2009 Thursday 30 in memory of Martin Streek. With an mp3 download for one song from each album on the list. DATE: 12-31-09 WRITER: Bill Adams Okay, so this year was a great one for music on several levels. First, there were a tremendous number of great albums released both by established bands (like Dinosaur Jr., Manic Street Preachers, Bob Dylan, Meat Puppets and more) and new, untested acts (including Cage The Elephant, The Low Anthem and Care Bears On Fire), thus [...]
Congratulations to the organisers of the Oxjam show in Shepherd's Bush last night (Dave, Becca and everyone else involved), it was a top night and a great atmosphere in Ginglik (who would've thought it used to be a victorian toilet!). Alessi's Ark - Enjoying a well deserved cup o' tea after her Oxjam show We were treated to sets from a bunch of wonderful folk including Alessi's Ark, Reid Morrison of Treetop Flyers, 6 Day Riot and Run Toto Run, and we had fun DJing [...]
Hola! tonight OIW are heading down to Ginglik (Sheps Bush) to DJ at an Oxfam event between sets from Alessis' Ark, 6 Day Riot, Run Toto Run and Reid Morrison. Yep, it's a charity affair for Oxjam so that's even more reason for you to make it out! Full details on the Oxjam blog HERE folks! Things kick off at 7pm and it will be proper busy so we recommend you getting there early! As a taster here's one of tonight's stars, the lovely Run [...]
MySpace So Speech Debelle's Speech Therapy won the Mercury Prize . Guess that shows all the predictors, pundits and bookies who were all Florence this and Bat For that what's what. After all, before the nominations were even announced back in July, one of the odds-on favourites to win was Little Boots , and she wasn't even nominated. That's sort of how 2009 has seemed to go for Blackpool's Victoria Hesketh - filled with immense expectations that were probably [...]
6 Day Riot are an ecletic London based folk pop band quickly gathering momentum and garnering increasing industry attention after just five years of music making. Their latest album, 6 Day Riot Have A Plan, came out on July 6th of 2009, and was hotly tipped this January by The Times in their Top Ten Picks for 2009. They play a whole host of folk instruments including ukulele, tenor guitar, double bass, accordions, trumpets, and electric and acoustic guitars. The result is a punchy indie pop sound slightly reminiscent of Vampire Weekend, Foals, in places Ra Ra Riot and even [...]
Frank Yang Sure, it was billed as the Nylon Summer Music Tour , implying a traveling roadshow with all performers on some sort of equal footing, but everyone knew that this was the Patrick Wolf tour and the other three acts were just the openers. Or at least that's what I'd thought going into Wednesday night's stop at the Mod Club in Toronto - and even if the audience was on board with that train of thought, it was obvious from the get-go that the bands didn't necessarily agree and were [...]
Aubrey Edwards I believe it's traditional that on one's birthday, one should be fed and watered profusely on someone else's dime. So that's exactly what I did last night, for my 34th, and it was all courtesy of NxNE . It wasn't a party just for me, of course. The festival was having their kick-off press conference wherein they promised to announce "all" the bands playing this year's to-do, taking place June 17 to 21 around Toronto, a feat which would have been impressive to see since the reading off of hundreds of band [...]
Aubrey Edwards I believe it's traditional that on one's birthday, one should be fed and watered profusely on someone else's dime. So that's exactly what I did last night, for my 34th, and it was all courtesy of NxNE . It wasn't a party just for me, of course. The festival was having their kick-off press conference wherein they promised to announce "all" the bands playing this year's to-do, taking place June 17 to 21 around Toronto, a feat which would have been impressive to see since the reading off of hundreds of band [...]
Frank Yang You know what they say about the best laid plans, right? Well I should have known after assembling my complete itinerary for Canadian Musicfest last week (I've opted to not be difficult and just accept the new branding), it would get - if not thrown out the window then at least shaken up significantly. Thursday night started as intended, at the Silver Dollar to see Ketch Harbour Wolves , but I'm sad to report that their live show failed to impress the way their recorded output has. [...]
Ian West Canadian Music Week - sorry, Canadian Music fest , as the showcase component has now been renamed - is a tricky time for me, because as much as I'd like to take in as much of the shows on offer as possible, I need to be mindful of saving energy for the big show - SxSW - the following week. To this end, I tend to be very particular about what I choose to see during CMW/F, avoiding if I can bands I've seen or can easily [...]
Caleb Buyers Let's be honest, there's not a lot of reason for there to be a Carl Newman solo record. The man is the chief songwriter in The New Pornographers , an outfit that turns out material at a pretty decent rate all things considered, and it's not as though he has a metal jones to itch that wouldn't work in the context of the Pornographers - when he puts on the AC Newman hat, he's still the consummate popsmith. But the whys and wherefores are his business - for the rest of us, [...]
The Devil Has The Best Tuna
Chromewaves
Song, by Toad
Peenko
Both Sides of the Mouth
Ground Control
Oh Inverted World
This Music Wins
Vainzine
Nueva canción de Arctic Monkeys: Do I Wanna Know
Kanye West – Yeezus
