One of the acts I’m most looking forward to seeing next week at M for Montreal is the nomadic Mark Berube – he’s playing the M for Martini showcase on Thursday. He may call Montreal home, but he’s traveled the world singing songs, and stock piling anecdotes and observations. The result is a unique sound [...]
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M for Montreal:: Le Matos
Next week I’ll be heading up to Montreal to rub elbows with the big names in journalism and help promote the ever growing and successful Montreal scene. As one of the delegates for M For Montreal, basically we roll into the city and get treated to shows and sit down time courtesy of some of [...]
Quick Hitters:: Zoey Van Goey
This morning I was running on vapors. It’s hard enough to plug away on a keyboard when the music you want to gush about is creative and inspiring, but when the release pile hits the typical year end slump, sifting through the discs is almost like a punishment. Thankfully, I remembered I still hadn’t mentioned [...]
Quick Hitters:: Murder Ford Monument & Silver Starling
The weekend was more exhausting than I thought – road trip with the little man, dinners, yard sales, yard work, Steelers late night victory – so I was kind of left high and dry this AM when it came to posting. What’s that mean to you, oh loyal reader? Well, another stellar clip show like [...]
Reviews:: Valleys Sometimes Water Kills People
Lately I’ve found myself bored by the intimate, reserved stylings of today’s folk scene and have been gravitating towards bigger bold hooks and ear shattering noise. I’m not sure what it is – the heat, the sluggishness of a lot of those records – but they have started to blend and pace has become more [...]
Sunday Morning Coffee:: Oxen Talk
It all starts from a single snapshot in time. A grainy, sepia-toned photo slowly decomposing and breaking down or maybe a memory that you can’t get out of the recesses of your subconscious; regardless, it’s something triggered by a passing glance or unexpected word. In the case of O Mores!, the new EP from Montreal’s [...]
Reviews:: Flotilla One Hundred Words For Water
Lately it seems that being a hot “indie” band from Montreal is as much of a curse as it is a blessing. Obviously the scene has chops – 17 of the 40 Polaris long-listers call the area home – but the shine of being the next big thing from Montreal is now tossed out with [...]
Reviews:: Think About Life Family
When are you too old to start hitting the clubs? Twenty-five? Thirty? Thirty-five? Forty? (NOTE: these answers also apply to how old is too old to have a ponytail, fellas) If you are like me, your “standing in line at 1:30 AM, waiting to pay too much for drinks and feel like shit the next [...]