Do you like your music to rock out hard and fast? Well then, New York's Devin is just the man for you. The Brooklyn musician dishes out pure unadulterated rock & roll that sounds passionate and genuine. It is a volatile cocktail of rhythm & blues, soul, punk and raw energy topped off with screechy punk-tinged vocals. His latest single 'Masochist' sums up [...]

Here is part two of the Best of 2011 Canadian albums. Sorry for the delay because of the Christmas season. Hope everyone had a great holiday? Here is the ranking from #40-31. 40. The Steve Adamyk Band - Forever Won't Wait Listen to Ontario and Bored of Love . 39. Little Scream - The Golden Record Listen to The [...]

Toronto - Cuff The Duke has been around for a few years now, but one question still nags at the brain of many a fan (or me at least) - what exactly does it mean to "cuff the duke?" Legend has it that the band found a t-shirt in some Oshawa thrift store with that very phrase written on it, but the exact meaning remains mysterious. We'll probably never know. What we do know is that Cuff The Duke is a solid alt country band and that they just played two packed nights at the Horseshoe promoting their new [...]

Boiling up from the independent musical cauldron Hotlanta has become, here comes Gringo Star with its follow up to 2008's critically acclaimed debut, "All Y'all. The band now comes into its own with "Count Yer Lucky Stars," a collection of catchy and instantly classic pop music. You won't be able to stop humming this spate of new and bright tunes, music that lifts the spirit. In this Ben Allen (Animal Collective, Gnarls Barkley, Deerhunter) produced record, the surge of primordial forces that reveals itself through rock and roll only about every other [...]

vieles rund um musik herum spricht an. es sind nicht nur die vertonungen selbst, die auf bezauberung oder ablehnung stossen können. die ware musik schafft auch optische, haptische reize, manchmal suche ich noch nach olfaktorischen und finde sie wenigstens bei konzerten, zuweilen angenehme. einem tonträger haften sie in der regel nicht an. aber im falle von cuff the duke gibt es eh ausreichend belebende elemente, die meine aufmerksamkeit fordern. das coverartwork ihres bereits fünften longplayers hält sich wunderbar zweifarbig bedeckt und gibt gerade deshalb die detailtreue seiner gezeichneten oberfläche genau wieder. mit "morning [...]