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Scott Matthew at Rockwood Music Hall
In a small and cozy dimly light red room at Rockwood Music Hall, Scott Matthew graced the audience with his presence and talent. The crowd quietly listened to the Australian born New Yorker play his new album, Gallantry’s Favorite Son, at his record release party. The drums and bass were pushed far back as we listened to Matthew gently strum his ukulele. There’s nothing more classic than watching a passionate musician only with his guitar, if there only was a [...]
Getting funky with The Asteroid’s Galaxy Tour
The Asteroid’s Galaxy Tour (once again) rocked their performance in NYC and played at the Irving Plaza. It wasn’t too long ago where they played at the Bowery Ballroom. There were several similarities within the shows: the size of the venue, the wooden floors were shaking from the uncontrollable movements of the crowd, Mette was stunning as always, and their standout jazzy tones captured the audience’s heart. The one major difference was that they just released their new album, Out [...]
The Boom Booms live in Victoria
This previous Saturday I was lucky enough to sit down with the fellas from the boom booms followed by their concert at Sugar Nightclub in Victoria. Prior to the interview and concert I was excited as The Boom Booms are an up and coming band who seem to be perpetually expanding in song choices and career moves. Their success grew further recently as they were awarded the high up in the Peak’s “Top 20 BC Bands of 2011″. The boys [...]
The Darcys – The House Built Around Your Voice review
Toronto based sexy shoe gaze four piece release their sweltering and gracefully textured second album The House Built around your voice. This follows their debut titled Endless Water which was released in 2007. Both albums are stylized, fresh, yet completely independent from one another. These are each qualities to be applauded with a young band that carry the weight of ancient men. The title track on The House Built around Your Voice is the only other example of music that [...]
Das Racist is da best
All I can say about Das Racist (actually, I could talk for days about them) is they are dope. What I mean by dope is that they are the wittiest, swaggerlicious, intelligent, entertaining and raddest cats in NYC. The group played in their stomping grounds at Brooklyn’s Music Hall of Williamsburg, this being their last show of their U.S. tour before they head overseas. It’s always enjoyable seeing artists who are playing in their home town because there’s always a [...]
Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring for My Halo review
This publication missed Kurt Vile’s excellent Smoke Ring for My Halo when it came out in March. But now that Kurt’s got an EP coming out, I figure it’s as good a time as any to review the album. The cover of the forthcoming EP, So Outta Reach, shows a bunch of different shots of an unkempt Kurt Vile asleep sitting up in a big armchair at some party, and in each picture somebody has their arm around him and [...]
Chromeo at NYC’s Terminal 5
Chrom-e-o, ooh-oh.. Chrom-e-o, ooh-oh. Those three syllables strike a chord in my soul the moment I hear them because it will forever bring me back to the other night, when I saw the incredible Canadian superstars. The anxious crowd was waiting with an unsurmountable suspense for the duo to take the stage. Then, the famous ritual chant began, blue rays of light flooded the crowd, and everyone loudly screamed ’til their lungs got sore. Welcome to the night of 11/5/11 [...]
PG Six – Starry Mind review
Electric folk with subtly complicated jams. Doesn’t really sound of this era, which is part of what makes it interesting–it’s refreshing to listen to an old-sounding record and know that it’s from today. One song is called “Wrong Side of Yesterday.” True, this record sounds more 1960s than 2010s, but it also sounds more San Francisco than New York, which is where he’s from. “January” is an Irish traditional, but the way they jam on it sounds very much like the [...]
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaur’s new single, “Trouble”
Opening with long drawn-out sounds of horn followed by a simple, mellow, and steady beat, is the opening to UK’s finest (Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaur’s) new single “Trouble.” Followed with a smooth sounding voice of TEED’s natural hymns, he serenades about the trouble of infatuation. In the midst of the story lies light retro-infused beats with serious echoes and harmonization. If this track doesn’t make you move and motivate you to sing along, I don’t know what would. His voice [...]
Elliott Brood – Days Into Years review
From the opening chords of Days Into Years, the third full-length album from Toronto-based folk-rock outfit Elliott Brood, you feel like you’ve been listening to it forever. And I was able to listen to it repeatedly for days without feeling like it was “played out”. This isn’t to say that the album is a classic that will never get old. Rather, it’s so easy on the ears that it blends into the background and becomes a sort of white noise. [...]
