Aug 17, 2010, 4:59pm
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Frank Yang I don't really maintain any sort of live music "bucket list" - I find the very notion a bit creepy - but there are bands whom I've long wanted to see but never gotten the opportunity for whatever reason. Near the top of the list are New York's Versus , whom I discovered just after they finished promoting their last record Hurrah , back in 2000. Of course, at the time I didn't know that they'd basically be going on a decade-long hiatus after frontman Richard Baluyut moved [...]
Frank Yang I don't really maintain any sort of live music "bucket list" - I find the very notion a bit creepy - but there are bands whom I've long wanted to see but never gotten the opportunity for whatever reason. Near the top of the list are New York's Versus , whom I discovered just after they finished promoting their last record Hurrah , back in 2000. Of course, at the time I didn't know that they'd basically be going on a decade-long hiatus after frontman Richard Baluyut moved [...]
ARTIST: The SWAG Report 003 with free mp3 downloads courtesy of Old Man Luedecke, The Shondes, Borrowed Eyes, Butch Walker, The Gaslight Anthem and more! So much more! DATE: 03-25-10 WRITER: Don Loder Alright so I know what you're thinkin'. You're asking, "Whaddaya doin' Don? Ya came early! You're not due to deliver another bag o' SWAG for a couple of days yet! Yer messin' up my rhythm." Yeah well, look at it this way - Christmas came early alright? I amassed a big lot [...]
It's hard not to get nostalgic as Thrush Hermit preps to descend on Halifax in a mere six days. Not just for the band, but for the time and most importantly, the feelings we all took from those angular guitar anthems that seemed so plentiful only 5 years ago. Thankfully, as more and more acts hold onto the " quite is the new loud ", there a few acts like Toronto's Soft Copy still plugging in and giving fans heavy tracks with a sweet, pop center. This three piece eschews superfluous layers for straight [...]
Perseverance is one of those often overlooked qualities, because often time it gets confused with stubbornness. That saddens me actually, to think that a band who stick with what they like and know best might get labelled pig-headed, as opposed to being self-assured and confident in themselves. Although I don't know them personally, Paul Boddum and Andrew McAllister of Soft Copy don't strike me as the stubborn kind, but they've been working away at that 90s DIY post-punk sound while others may have taken a slightly different route. They began together as part of [...]
i The Sharp Tongues Genre: Rock / Rock / Rock From Toronto, Ontario Canada Earlier this week I got an email from a band informing me of a gig at The Smiling Buddha in Toronto and asking me if I'd be interested in going along to check them out. Having an uneventful evening all mapped out I immediately said "yeah ok". Am [...]
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