Just over a year ago, I posted a cheesy US Magazine-styled list of the ten biggest rock stars in the city, and (relatively) surrounding area. It wasn't meant to be taken too seriously, since such a list would mean that I was excluding hundreds of other worthy contenders, since our city and (relatively) surrounding area is teeming with them. It was also kind of a spur of the moment thing that was initially intended to be sort of a one-off thing. But I've come to realize that people (especially rock stars) love to see themselves on lists. So [...]
Well, it's that time of the year that every Canadian music blogger loves the most: I (Heart) Music 's carefully calculated compiling of The Hottest Bands in Canada . Matthew is the head maestro of that high quality music blog from Ottawa and what he does is he asks several of the country's finest music aficionados (and me) for their personal picks of the 10 hottest bands in Canada. He then takes our respective lists and, using a team of highly respected scientists and mathematicians, puts together the final selections. I was flattered to once again be [...]
Here is part 2 mostly Day 2 (Oct 1) of what I might get to see for Pop Montreal. 5pm : Buffy Sainte-Marie doing a symposium at Espace Reunion. 7pm : Think About Life at Maison Radio Canada (Probably going to be a CBC Radio taping). Options will be Vertual Vertigo at Preloved. 8pm : Hey Ocean! at Club Soda (opening up for Joel Plaskett & The Emergency). 8:30pm : Brian Borcherdt at O [...]
Still Life Still The Paint Movement, Dinosaur Bones Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto, Ontario on August 28, 2009 Full Photo Set (24 photos) The night before I found myself at V-Fest for the weekend of August 29th-30th, I went out to the Horseshoe Tavern to help Still Life Still celebrate the release of their debug full-length CD Girls Come Too . Opening the night were two [...]
The Paint Movement and Yukon Blonde, who are signed with Toronto based indie record label, Nevado Records, will be playing in Vancouver Sunday June 14 at the Media Club. The Paint Movement plays a quite jazzy style of rock, and do it excellently. Check out a few tracks from The Paint Movement and if you like them...Check them out tonight @ The Media Club ! The Paint Movement - Faults The Paint Movement - Knock Knock
The Over the Top Festival is happening this weekend in Toronto! Music and film and theatre. It's nuts, and all organized by one guy (Eric Warner, with help from his friends). Music is what most interests me, so here's what you need to know to make the best of your Thursday through Saturday. There are advance tickets for many of the shows, available at Rotate This and Soundscapes . You can also purchase a festival pass, which gets you into all the music, films, and plays (but not " The Book of Judith "). Tickets [...]
Since the backlog of music we have is enough to fill a Super Guppy , we'll keep the comments fairly brief and let the music speak play for itself. Actually, there's so much to get caught up on we may have a second weekend inbox on Sunday. Thanks for your patience to all the nice folks whom have sent music to us, and special thanks to all that take time to visit even with the long breaks between posts due to that four-letter thing called work. No particular order [...]
Should I be worried that some tortured souls make me happy? It's just a fact that there are some artists out there who have built their career on depressing music yet oftentimes, those very songs for some reason put me in my happy place. The Smiths , for example, are funny to me, but not depressing. The Cure makes me dance. To some people this is just weird. Thankfully, there are other artists that do manage to somber me up, like Ryan Adams for instance. I suppose the fact that I do not derive joy [...]
The Paint Movement are celebrating their upcoming release of Our Eurythmy on Friday April 10th at The Rivoli. In my review of the disc, which is scheduled to be released by Nevado Records on April 14th, I described it as 'the penultimate brass rock comeback that we've all unknowingly been waiting for'. Although I'm not positively sure that I used the word "penultimate" in the proper way, I think that I adequately got the point across that this is one highly recommended album. The show is bound [...]
Toronto - Okay, I will admit I tend to pay more attention to UK/Electro/Dance acts then I do to good ole Canadian bands, but once in awhile, I will whip out the poutine and listen to some good homegrown talent. Mississauga's (don't hold this against them) The Paint Movement is a BSS / Jazz inspired band that will be having a cd release party on Friday April 10th at Rivoli. They will be playing with three other bands that I have never heard of (Fox Jaws, Make Your Exit, Provincial Parks) but I am sure they are all [...]
Wow, it's taking me a long time to blog about all of the going's on surrounding CMF but here I am, finally reporting on my final event of last week, the Audio Blood Tea Party . Though technically not a part of CMF festivities, I couldn't think of any better way to wind down at the end of the week than by sipping on a styrofoam cup of free Organic Mango while in the intimate setting of Kensington's The Boat. The MC of the evening was a gentleman who [...]
I'm at the point where I've really had just about all that I can stand of winter, and I'd be lying if I didn't admit to really wanting to stay home on that freezing Friday night last week. But I had invested so much time and energy into promoting this show at The Silver Dollar that I knew I had to go. Add to that the extra motivation of the fact that a friend of mine, whom I hadn't seen for a couple of months, had just returned from Mexico itching to go to a show, and you've [...]
STILL LIFE STILL Everybody needs a support group, and from what I've seen, no Toronto band has a greater one than Still Life Still . In a recent interview on the Zygiella podcast with local sensations Dinosaur Bones , the members of that band could not stop singing their praises. The notorious Lonely Vagabond has described them as a "sonic-stew of epic rock with rhythmic theatrics rivaling that of a frat celebration." And James L. Burling of Boxes and Bags has declared [...]
It's becoming more and more obvious that Nevado Records and I are entirely on the same wavelength when it comes to music. Besides being headed by former members of my crush of 2007, the now defunct Reily , their label now boasts an impressive roster that includes Bass Lions , Elephant , Yukon Blonde and Fox Jaws . These are all bands that I feel quite strongly about. In fact, they are some of the best bands I know. So when they contacted me about their latest signing, a band from Mississauga [...]
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Toronto - I think most people had given up hope about clear skies this season. It's been snowing every other night for weeks. The discussion is no longer about the weather - it's about what we are doing despite it. About time, I need positive thinking. We walked in to the later half of The Paint Movement's set. It was a mix of easy-listening jazz and normal 3 piece rock, and a bongo drum, whose business there was not entirely clear other than he is a good friend who jams. I could seriously NOT hear the bongo. But the melodies [...]
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