Aug 21, 2009, 11:45am
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The Luyas - "Spherical Mattress" I considered apologising. She had gone into the other room already, had put on a record she knows I don't like. I stood in the hallway hearing it, piano-notes like a dripping tap. No, I thought, I won't. I started putting on my sneakers but then stopped, untied them. I slipped into my rainboots. The door slammed behind me. Outside, the sky was heavy. Cars snarled past me. I could feel the rubber soles of the boots and the lines in the asphalt. My heart was pounding. I wondered if she was [...]
The Luyas - "Spherical Mattress" . I considered apologising. She had gone into the other room already, had put on a record she knows I don't like. I stood in the hallway hearing it, piano-notes like a dripping tap. No, I thought, I won't. I started putting on my sneakers but then stopped, untied them. I slipped into my rainboots. The door slammed behind me. Outside, the sky was heavy. Cars snarled past me. I could feel the rubber soles of the boots and the lines in the asphalt. My heart was pounding. I wondered if she was still listening [...]
Frank Yang So yes I'm a bad Torontopian. I know it'd been a while since I'd been to Wavelength , but a little archive digging revealed that it'd been almost four years since I last darkened Sneaky Dee's doorway on a Sunday night. That's a long time. And so with the local institution not only celebrating its ninth anniversary but its upcoming final year this past weekend, I got off my butt and headed out. Don't get me wrong - I've always loved and supported the idea and mission of [...]
Davida Nemeroff Seminal new music showcase Wavelength - across whose stage pretty much every Toronto indie band of note from the last decade or so has passed - celebrates its ninth anniversary next month and as they've done pretty much every year that I can remember, they're marking the occasion with a full weekend of shows at venues all across the city. The full lineup was announced over the holidays, and the evenings of February 12 through the 15th will look something like this: On the 12th it's spooky folk [...]
I had suspected my old kitty Udler was suffering from kitty alzheimer's for a while before he died and now I have substantiation for my claim. About two years ago I wrote about how my cat was acting strangely and sure enough, now I find out I was right about why. This article tells how more and more cats are developing dementia, mainly because they're living longer. Just like their human counterparts, they're showing signs of senility as they age. Poor kitties. [...]
am 04. august erblickte die neue single der schoolgirlband das licht der welt (in 2007 erschien das debut, erinnert?): poppy and the jezebels - ufo "perfect as cats: a tribute to the cure" heißt der sampler, auf dem sich auch folgende nummer befinden wird (kommt ende oktober): Bat for Lashes - A Forest (Cure cover) dockte gestern bei myspace mit elektronik an: [...]
Like many of you, I first stumbled upon The Torture Garden while in search of hardcore fetish photography. When my disappointment finally subsided, I realized the website I'd found might be even better. Despite its blatant lack of wooden pony torture, here was a MP3 blog that combined lovely music with lyrical writing, captivating imagery, and a clear commitment to quality. You can sense the enthusiasm and passion its author Shane invests into every post. You can hear the evidence of a well-defined aesthetic in his song selections. And you can witness the creativity and thought that so [...]
Another day and more NXNE . Don't worry, this is the last installment of my coverage this year-and it ended with a Swedish bang. Lethargic after the herculean day of shows (and booze) that was last Friday , I took my sweet time leaving the ol' basement apartment on Saturday. Unfortunately that was my first mistake, as places like the Horseshoe and Rivoli were lined up down the block by the time I made my way to Queen West. My second mistake was not having a backup location in mind-not to mention leaving my [...]
{all artwork by a } Spokane - Proud Graduates I am lying awake in a new bed in a new city, blue light, heavy air, and still I can't sleep. I resurrect past lives and memories to fill the emptying television screen always on in my mind. A great tide of nausea washes over me periodically, as someone shouts outside, close. I have gotten one hour's sleep in the last week. My bones are weak, and I hate to eat, but I need to. [...]
This might look like one of those generic throw up posts you see everyone doing for Festival season, but to me this is a bit different. Sappy Records, Ok.Quoi?! Contemporary Arts Festival, Struts Gallery & Faucet Media Arts Centre are getting together for the third annual Sappy Fest . This is a DIY fest that really showcases the talent of the Canadian indie scene. The lineup - which was just announced - is incredible. They pretty well got every act I hoped they would, ranging from bigger names like The Acorn, Chad van Gaalen, [...]
Plans for a new youth centre to tackle teenage delinquency and crime in the village of Traismauer, Austria, are on hold. The prepacked building, delivered in boxes, was stolen the day after it arrived in the village. Robbers - Cold War Kids A kindergarten in Koskullskulle, northern Sweden, has banned staff and children from wearing clothes with [...]
It's Easter weekend and I really don't have the desire to really think out a post. If we were super awesome, like the Zunior folks , well we would have hidden an Easter Egg somewhere on the site (or just given you a coupon for a 25-song download). Instead, I'll just finish up my week of Female vocalists with a terrific band from Montreal that really should be huge by now. The Luyas - ( Jessie Stein, Stef Schneider and Pietro Amato ) are all vets of the Montreal scene that decided to take the [...]
What happened was this: Cathy and I walked to the edge of the reservoir's water and from her purse she removed a Ziploc baggie containing two filmy-tailed, rather stupid-looking goldfish that Pup-Tent had bought for her the week before in an isolated moment of kindness. We sat down on the smooth rocks next to the spotless, clean, infinitely dark and deep lake water. She said to me, "You only get one chance to fall in love for the first time, don't you." And I said, "Well, at least you got the chance. A lot of people [...]
Yesterday, I (Sean) shared my favourite songs of the year. Today the three of us talk in fewer words about our favourite albums. I've heard almost all of them and they're all fuckin' rad. Go buy some music for Christmas, late Hannukah, New Year, end-of-world, or your wedding night. DAN: Group Inerane - Guitars From Agadez (Music of Niger) (track: "Kuni Majagani") Frog Eyes - Tears of the Valedictorian [...]
With the end of the year approaching, it's time once again for the 2007 edition of the Hottest Bands in Canada survey. And in the end, it was close. Even with over 30 panelists and 150 bands receiving votes, it was close. And I'm talking insanely, nail-bitingly, one-point-separating-#1-from-# 2, "it could've gone either way if one person had even reversed the order in their ballot" close, with the difference being a ballot submitted about 30 seconds before I went to hit "Publish". But [...]
The Miner Becomes Forgetful (live) Fantasy (Mariah Carey, live) Final Fantasy - orchestral genius with countless great bands, Polaris Prize winner, and, unsurprisingly, video game enthusiast - played what may have been the best set at this year's Electric Picnic, blowing bewildered Irish minds with his mix of violin looping, screaming, and Mariah Carey covers. As well as co-writing the strings for Arcade Fire's two fine albums, he can be heard singing, playing, and generally stealing the show on Beirut's new record, The Flying Club Cup . Clearly his talent [...]
I just recently made some progress through the latest enormo backlog of links I had collected, so thus, I present some standouts: This track is actually one that I've been listening to for months but have just neglected to mention; It's by some Swedes called Al, Marc, & Sandy (no PB&J jokes, PLEASE), and it's called "Julie Bell," and no, I don't know if it's about Boris Vallejo's partner . But it is a damn good song, and it actually reminds me of another Swedish band (that I adored), namely Lesser [...]
The Luyas - Dumb Blood This song beats along like a heart: slowly, dependably, murmuringly for two minutes straight, and then it gets broken, music comes flooding and streaming out like blood, but happily, a release, and the vocals and horn mix in the mess like multicolour, and though it would be a nice song with just the little homely vocals and guitar, it needs all the drums and mess and marching band to be a great song, which it is. The Luyas are one of those bands, and there are [...]
The Luyas - "Dumb Blood". I'm all mixed up, Jessie Stein sings, and without distress. It's a state of the union address. It's like showing us the palms of her hands. This is how she is. And meanwhile I'm in my apartment on Parc Avenue and I stick my head out the window into the rainfall and I see her walking in her blue dress, soaked from the storm, hair dripping & lifting & curling. And I want to tell her hi, yeah, I see you. Hey there. And I want to tell her to step onto the cloud she's [...]
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