I play competitive air guitar. What else do you need to know?
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Or, How I Spent My Canada Day. Seriously, what could be more appropriate than watching one of your favourite Canadian bands (note correct spelling) on Canada Day, from the floor of a hockey stadium? I guess I could have been doing it while swigging a Kokanee or shoveling poutine into
If there’s anybody reading this who lived in JP more than say 3 or 4 years ago, you’ll know the special appeal of Sugar and the Hi-Lows. See, there was this grocery store called the Hi-Lo, and it was kind of iffy some of the time – once I
it was romance
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5MM44ktu1s[/youtube] I’m posting this today for two reasons. One, this video has been out for a hot minute already and I’ve been slacking on posting it, so let’s get this show on the road, but also two, this band
bully
Oh, god, I’m in love. I realize that my experience is not everyone’s. I realize that not all of you are women who grew up in the 90s, and for those of you who are not, this might not be as perfect as it is for me. But
shannon and the clams
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAgPZLj_sXc[/youtube] Shannon and the Clams are costumey. Shannon and the Clams are 50s-ey with shimmering surfy guitars. Shannon and the Clams are a good time, if “Corvette” is any indication. Not that the song is one big party. It’s wracked
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Photos: Matt LeBel and yours truly. Assume any good ones are his. Big fat show last week at Brighton Music Hall. A bunch of local bands took to the big stage in support of local-boys-made-good, The Shills, and the release of their new album, Keep Your Hands Busy Vol. 2.
secret club
Nashville’s Secret Club have three major things going for them right away on this album: the name of it is Apocalypse Meow, for heaven’s sake; the entire album seems to be predicated around the theme of “dirtbags”; and they have a theme song. If you’re in a
panic island
What starts out with sparks and then builds up, getting bigger and bigger until it’s about to get dangerously out of hand and people are hollering in a crowded theatre – fire, right? WRONG. This song. Well, and also fire. Panic Island is from London and they love them some
king of the travellers
Let me begin by saying you should feel really lucky about the hacky joke I spared you about Perth’s King of the Travellers. Instead of a dad-level attempt at humor, you can instead find out what it would sound like if you filtered Gogol Bordello through Australia. Give a
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Photos by Boston Concert Photography It was about the point when I noticed the gigantic bottle of whiskey on stage that I knew where this night was going to go. But I’m getting ahead of myself. Let’s start from the beginning. Last Thursday night, at The Sinclair, I
death valley girls
Do you ever know that you’re going to like a song when you’re like two notes in? Welcome to my life yesterday when I first listened to Death Valley Girls’ “Summertime.” These bad broads (and one bad dude) come blazing out of LA, leaving, I can only assume,
pete & pete
[bandcamp track=1716202728 bgcol=FFFFFF linkcol=FFA266 size=grande] From my informal surveying of people I know talking about it on social media, Record Store Day is a divisive issue. It’s either the best day of the year, or a day designed to separate hipsters from their money, or