When Bowie sang that line on his 1972 album The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars , he was echoing the fantasy of many a teenage boy or girl. The children wanted to grow up to be garbagemen or astronauts or superheros, but at a certain age that changed and most teens would have given anything to make that wild mutation as a rock 'n roll star. However, only a precious few ever get to live out that dream. While Bono , and Sting and Chris Martin [...]
Reading some of the other reviews, I can see that while my schedule was quite busy, I didn't catch nearly as many bands as some of the other bloggers out there did. My Saturday still seemed incredibly busy though, since I did actually attend a wedding earlier in the day. (There was no reception if you were wondering.) Therefore my evening was still filled with musical wonderfulness. For the most part. We headed on down to Yonge and Dundas square to catch the fun filled pop stylings of Spookey Ruben, who was [...]
Various Artists / Two Way Monlogues: Mixtape Volume 1 (independent) Toronto has had a long history of nurturing its independent artists through name-branded showcase series, long-running events such as Wavelength, Elvis Mondays, Pitter Patter Nights and Nu Music Nites becoming trustworthy seals of approval that meant that even if you didn't know the performers on the bill, you could trust that someone with some reliable taste thought they were worthwhile. The tradition continues with the relatively new Two Way Monologues series, based out of Rancho [...]
Toronto's Tin Bangs are a rock band worth keeping an ear out for. I like their razor sharp guitarisms and their god damn sense of urgency. It's like a call to arms that brings to mind the earliest days of U2 and the modism of The Jam. They're better than Franz Ferdinand (a band Tin Bangs may remind you of) and they've got the hotness and swagger of The Strokes. We'll see what happens. In the
Toronto's Tin Bangs are a rock band worth keeping an ear out for. I like their razor sharp guitarisms and their god damn sense of urgency. It's like a call to arms that brings to mind the earliest days of U2 and the modism of The Jam. They're better than Franz Ferdinand (a band Tin Bangs may remind you of) and they've got the hotness and swagger of The Strokes. We'll see what happens. In the meantime, check out these tunes and if you like em good enough they've got a couple EP's and [...]
It would be easy for me to sit here and type, "Here's another skinny white guys wearing skinny ties band." However, when you hear those opening chords to "Shake!" and it knocks the rock straight out of you, you realize these dudes from Tornoto have more than Joy Division sitting in their record collection. Then, there's "He's So Pretty," and although it features an opening riff that sounds familiar, I'm going to let it slide, since this one bangs once that chorus comes around. Tin Bangs - He's So Pretty.mp3 [...]
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