October 27th 2009, the Rickshaw
After braving the absurd line-up of punks with little choice but to chain smoke furiously in an attempt to keep warm, I finally made it inside the Rickshaw Theatre---after an hour and a half. I guess...
The Sons up for Group of the Year at the 2021 JUNO Awards
There aren’t a lot of modern rock bands running around spouting an ethos of love, harmony and goodwill toward one other. In a market where the gloomy, aggressive or just plain aloof is king, you wouldn't think these kinds of happy cuddly ...
"I remember one of the last times he saw me, he said, 'Please make sure everybody hears this music.'" Promise kept.
5 questions for the JUNO-winning act ahead of their Slush Puppie Place performance
CD REVIEW
The Bicycles’ Oh No, It’s Love is not the kind of record that warrants a large, wordy review filled with pretentious journalistic nit-picking. The fact of the matter is simple: Oh No, It’s Love is filled to the rim with h...
Teenage Kicks are kicking up a storm once again
Trio aims to raise $20,000 for first album in 8 years.
Lay it On Me
Self-distributed
Waa-BOOM! With an album title ripped from frontman Ryan Hoben’s muscleman tattoos, indiefolkrocksters Minto punch it open with sludgy dirge, “New Bones” – formerly a chooglin’ alt-country number i...
Kobo Town, Status Non Status and Kington's Sadaf Amini among artists to perform for festival's 19th year.
Royal City Music Project co-founder Glenn Parfitt wants valuable cultural material preserved
For any of you fiends who've been dwelling inside rocket-proof domes until recently, the China Creeps -who are Neil on bass, Baxter on guitar, Matt on vocals and Dave on drums - are one of the leading (of what is becoming a tradition of) gr...