As I always strive to promote a little something for everyone, I'd like to take a minute to present you with David Myles . His style is a little bit jazzier and bluesier than the usual fare that I support, but I find his latest CD On The Line to be a fine deviation from my musical norm. David Myles incorporates an east coast easy going-ness to his sound, making it very accessible. Having grown up on artists like Mark Knopfler and J.J. Cale myself, I find the breezy styling of [...]

The last time that I saw Union City they were known as The Scene, and I was very impressed with their authentic Brit-Pop sound. Well, in a matter of only a few months, the band has changed their name, morphed from a four piece into a three piece and released an outstanding EP. But the sound that they have carefully honed has remained very much in tact. Their show at The Mod Club on Saturday night was touted as their Toronto CD release show, although basically it was more of a warm [...]
Last Sunday night I had the privilege of hosting an event at the Free Times Cafe featuring several of my talented friends. Since I find it impossible to be at all objective when reviewing close friends of mine, I don't think that I'm going to do any formal type of review. They were awesome and I had a great time. Heck, for the first time ever in history I even feel mildly pleased with my MC job. I probably made half the crowd laugh and I think I may have irritated the other half. That, my friends, is [...]

Hold On Now, Youngster... , the debut full length by Cardiff's Los Campesinos! is almost certain to rank extremely high on my year end best of list. The CD is just about as much fun as an album can get, so naturally, I expected the show at Lee's Palace to be nothing short of a veritable blasty blast! And a blasty blast it was! This has been the busiest weekend that I can remember in a long time and remembering specific details about what happened late Friday night is not going to be easy, so you'll [...]