On Missiles , The Dears found themselves stripped down to the bare essential. That included leaving behind all but core bandmates/bedmates Murray Lightburn and Natalia Yanchak to pen the entire record themselves. It resulted in a lot of lonely sounding anthems, a sound that came through even with the band touring. Loneliness can get a little...well, lonely, after a while, which might explain the much larger group-dynamic they took when creating their upcoming Degeneration Street LP. In the press release, the album "finds Murray Lightburn, Natalia Yanchak, [guitarist] Patrick Krief, [guitarist] Robert Benvie, [bassist] [...]
Photo by Libi Pedder So - I'm currently in a weird sort of position where after a fairly hectic few weeks of wholly bloggable stuff, I've finally gotten a chance to take a breath and have realized that I have nothing to blog about. Which is not to say that there's nothing worthwhile happening in music, just that I've not had the chance to listen to anything in the last while sufficiently that I feel compelled to write about it nor is anything especially newsworthy happening that I can run with (besides Chinese Democracy ! [...]
Toronto based music publishing company Bearsuit Publishing has been working hard to provide an affordable high quality music catalogue for television, film and commercial use. In order to commemorate the one year anniversary, The Drake Underground hosted an evening of awesome music on Wednesday night. The lineup was as eclectic as it was enjoyable and I'm glad to have been there to be introduced to some solid acts, as well as returning to see one of my favourites. As I often do, I'll start at night's end and work backwards. [...]
When not busy making orgasm faces while playing awesome guitar in Montreal's The Dears, Patrick Krief makes his own kind of music. Not that different than the anthemic sounds of his day job, just a bit dreamier and a bit...
"In Our Bedroom After The War" is the name of Toronto pop wonders Stars' new album which will be released on September 25 on Arts and Crafts . This is their first album since 2004's excellent release "Set Yourself On Fire". Of course the wonderful Amy Millan used her voice to great effect on her solo album last year, but it is nice to know that we can hear her voice again soon on this new album. The new song made available "The Night Starts Here" has a more electronic feel, but it still features the delicious [...]
Multi-instrumentalist Patrick Krief, guitarist for The Dears, has been on a creative streak lately. Not only did he have enough songs to make music for one other band, Lesley Lane , but he had overflow to work on a solo project as well. Music is nothing new to Krief, who began playing guitar when he was three and gigging by the time he was thirteen. His debut solo effort is a heartwarming EP that blends Americana, folk and old school British rock-n-roll. In addition to vocal duties on Take It Or Leave , Krief also wrote and produced [...]
Montreal, QB Patrick Krief plays guitar for the Canadian crew The Dears. He's decided to do a little solo material and it's simply irresistable. Take It Or Leave is available now through Maple Music . "What We Wanted" Krief on MySpace
I can't decide whether the Montreal music 'scene' has a horseshoe up it's ass or sold it's soul to the devil in exchange for the Demi-European allure it exudes. I grew up there, and the only way I can explain it is that the city has more soul on a street corner than most metropolitan cities have in a quarter mile. And the soul of the city inherently transfers to its residents. Its musical contingent particularly. Just go through the Rolodex of your favorite Canadian bands du jour. Chances are they're from La Belle Province. [...]
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