Frontman Nik Kozub and Shout Out Out Out Out should start up a synthesizer fan club. The T-shirts they sell at their shows feature a picture of their practice space, nine different kinds of keyboards kicking around in a mess of pedals and drum kits interspersed between the numerous pianos. Unlike the more modern, digitized… Continue reading Keytars are a band’s best friend
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MBF is totally your super awesome best friend
If your life has been hectic, you ought to try Michael Bernard Fitzgerald’s time-management secret. It’s a combination of BlackBerry, iCal and mom, but don’t tell anyone about the last part. “Yesterday when I was stressed, my mom took me for tea at Starbucks,” Fitzgerald recalls. “At first she was like, ‘I don’t know about… Continue reading MBF is totally your super awesome best friend
Bringing the broodiness
Elliott Brood gets around. The influence of a cabin at the foot of Mount Robson, a town hall in Wayne, Alberta, and front and back rooms in Toronto are all apparent in the eclectic recording process for Elliott Brood’s recent album, Mountain Meadows. The group covers a lot of distance, both in their music and… Continue reading Bringing the broodiness
Some joke about tumours
A lot of music is the result of the tragic death of originality, fame-moochers, Myspace hype bands and those who have sold their souls to shock tactics and pop music– exactly why bands like the Cancer Bats ought to be appreciated due to their rarity. “It’s not like we felt that in any way we… Continue reading Some joke about tumours
Sloan’s music is action packed
By Darren Young
Canadian rock staples Sloan have been on the verge of success for the better part of their career. The shaggy-haired quartet have a cult following north of the border, but have consistently come up short in their attempts to break into the American mainstream. With their ninth release, Parallel Play, Sloan is proving that even… Continue reading Sloan’s music is action packed
Some prefer Winter Gloves to mittens
By Amanda Hu
Montreal outfit Winter Gloves works a lot like their moniker. While all connected by their overarching fibres, each member is given a lot of room to move around. Though the band started as Charles F.’s side project, it has morphed into a fully-inclusive group, something that the once-lone musician thought was a necessity. “When I… Continue reading Some prefer Winter Gloves to mittens
Soul-devouring rock and roll bears
Don’t get between a mother bear and her cub– she might eat your soul. Put this scenario to music and you have the new project from a quartet of Calgary music scene veterans. Cody Coates and Andrew Woods– from Lions and Tigers and Bears– and Ian and Paul Baker– of the Silent Auction– channeled the… Continue reading Soul-devouring rock and roll bears
Getting to know you
Getting a job isn’t so much what you know, but what you know about getting to know people. It’s all about networking, printing up some business cards and putting your face out there. Curtis Santiago knows all that, especially after spending a few years in Vancouver paying his dues. When asked how Van-city’s been treating… Continue reading Getting to know you
Trumpets, dogs and cries of the dead
Being weird. It will get you beaten up in high school, laughed at in university and ostracized in the workplace. You can only be strange when you’re old because then you get to be labelled an eccentric. One of the few places counted as an exception to this is the music industry, which is a… Continue reading Trumpets, dogs and cries of the dead
Choose Yer Own festival presents all possibilties to its patrons
In the summer of glitzy, ginormous music festivals, the Summerwood Warren is bringing something completely different to the table. Instead of needless swag, sparkly wristbands or fancy laminated badges for people who drop thousands of dollars so they can get access into the VIP lounge, they deliver the goods with jubilant events like a bicycle… Continue reading Choose Yer Own festival presents all possibilties to its patrons