Filed under: Exclusive , Northern Exposure , Canada Braids Northern Exposure is Spinner's MP3 column highlighting the best in new Canadian music. This week we feature some of the notable acts at Guelph's annual Hillside Festival (July 23-25). Trying to track rising Montreal indie-rock quartet Braids is bit like a treasure hunt. The quartet began as a different band entirely and happened to live in a completely different [...]
dan friel : abuses keyboards for a living. part of brooklyn's parts & labour.ghost town is a collection of mediocre guitar accessories, a 22 yr old keyboard, remote control car joystick, walkie talkies and other noisemakers. ghost town (pt. 1) buzzards dean man's bones : ryan gosling (the notebook, half nelson) and mate zach shields. both musical novices they recorded the album following a strict set of rules including playing all the instruments themselves and doing [...]
While listening to albums is one of the great joys in my life, my true passion is live music. These were the 10 best moments of my year: St. Vincent - Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn While I may have recently praised the looks and skill of Ms. Stern, Ms. Clark is my one true love. Slinky green dress, piercing eyes, a collection of fuzz pedals. Her red lips matched her red airliner guitar. With a live band perfectly capable of re imagining the songs on 2007's Marry Me , I [...]
Whether you call it growing up, maturing or simply learning the act of good showmanship, I have to say that the Bradford Cox that was on stage at Lee's Palace on Wednesday night was significantly different than the one that I read about from the last time Deerhunter was in town. Gone were the dresses and general audience alienation and, in its place was a charismatic and appreciative frontman who blasted through a fabulous set of shoegazey ambient punk rock. As Springsteen's Born To Run blasted through the speakers, it quickly became apparent that [...]
She Brave Soul - The Neighbourhood Council I just got back from a concert, which I will write more about tomorrow. Tonight, however, I have something to disclose. BRAIDS (formerly known as The Neighbourhood Council) are my new favourite band. Every single time I've seen them perform, they blow every other band playing right out of the water. Every show is better than the last. They constantly manage to incorporate new sounds into their densely layered compositions. Perfect transitions. Incredible voices. [...]
The Neighbourhood Council - She Brave Soul This is one prolonged, gentle build-up that seems to toy with the idea of kicking into something, but instead manages to hold out and sustain that momentum, never delivering what you expect it to - a little like my Saturday afternoon. The Neighbourhood Council are a teenage quartet from Calgary who have been together for just over a year and have recorded a five-track EP - which you can buy by emailing them. MySpace [...]
Every week, we dig in the archives for videos that we find noteworthy, memorable, or just unbelievably stupid. And then, Jon McMillan breaks 'em down for you. Why Video Hangover? Because when you watch as many videos as we do, you're going to feel it afterwards. "Call On Me" Eric Prydz, 2004 NSFWorkout.
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