thank goodness he dropped the costumes for proper attire. oh the wacky canucks! friends of wongie have heard me go crazy for two musical acts this season; beirut (see below) and final fantasy . the combined talent that these two young geniuses have made me wish that i should have taken all those piano lessons a bit more seriously when i was a kid. final fantasy was born when music student, owen pallett, was invited to perform at an influential toronto music showcase where acts [...]
Last night I had the pleasure of seeing Final Fantasy again. A real last minute show I think word got out Friday or Saturday for it. Still though it was sold out and he had the crowd eating of his hand. He could of done anything and the crowd would of been into it. Justified though. Really fun show. Anyways thought I'd throw some stuff up to celebrate the show. For last month's Exclaim Magazine great article on Final Fantasy you can go here . [...]
After weeks of flirting with the idea, Pitchfork has finally embraced the video linking format. To usher in this new era, the site has posted their list of 100 Awesome Music Videos . Some of the videos you may recognize from my earlier posts but I digress. Although they omitted many great videos, I did discover some gems that I had never seen before (e.g. Bjork's video featuring a cat in a wife-beater vest, etc...). There has been a lot of concert talk in Toronto this week, here is why: Random Song 1 : [...]

Im convinced that Cincinnati is a weekend city. Getting folks out of their homes after 10pm during the working week seems to be almost impossible. As evidenced by the sparse crowd at last nights Final Fantasy gig @ Alchemize. I get a little embarrassed for us all when so few people show up for a brilliant musician such as Owen. Maybe everyone is still wasted from Desdemona, not sure. Well, once I got past that I had a great time and enjoyed Owen's set alot. He does some incredible things on stage [...]

Owen Pallet will be playing @ Alchemize tomorrow night, the obvious cure for my Desdemona hangover. If you arent familiar with Owen and his music then wake up! Ok, seriously this promises to be a great show and Im even more stoked about it after reading this writeup of his show last night in Cleveland, as Ryan does his thing. I turn around next and see Matt Picasso also gearing up for the Cincy FF show tomorrow night. YANP posts some Final Fantasy tracks and a link to some great [...]
Don't ever root against Shaq. Should be a heckuva Game 6. So to conclude our three-part series, here are the rest of my 20-ish favorite songs of the year thus far, Rob Gordon style. Gnarls Barkley - "Crazy": mp3 But Dave, it doesn't have a bridge! Or a genre! But it's the biggest song of the year anyhow. Crazy like a fox. Final Fantasy - "This Lamb Sells Condos": mp3 Nerdy as I aspire to be, [...]