The Month in (Alt) Rock: VERONICA FALLS, WAMPIRE/FOXYGEN/UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA, WIDOWSPEAK, ENGLISH BEAT, DIAMOND RINGS/OMD…and relax
A round up of just a few of the shows that March spat out. But we took it, gladly, and joyously. Here’s a look at Veronica Falls, Wampire/Foxygen/UMO, Widowspeak, English Beat, Diamond Rings and OMD in photos and words.
Dancing with DIAMOND RINGS (Photos/Review)
Kind of rad to see the evolution of a pop star unfold before your very eyes. Here’s my take on Diamond Rings now, versus then. Includes some dancing, Red Bull, Deee-Lite and an enormous photo gallery.
POST #200: VIDEO – Top 11 Questions with… DIAMOND RINGS
Diamond Rings talks guilty pleasures, his ideal collaborators, what he’d like on his backstagerider, and oh, answers 8 more questions. Here is the first-ever, on-camera BackstageRider Top 11 Questions With…Diamond Rings. Includes moccasins.
SXSW Up Close by Kris Krüg: Wild Flag, Jack White, Diamond Rings, Buck65, Astronautalis Ron Sexsmith + More Awesome
Living through the eyes of photog Kris Krüg, here’s a round up of my fave INTIMATE pics of bands down South By Southwest 2011, including Wild Flag, Foo Fighters, Jack White, Buck 65, Fitz & the Tantrums, Jenn Grant, Diamond Rings, Hunter Valentine, The Greenhornes and The Naked and Famous. Ummm, amazing?
DIAMOND RINGS – Exclusive Pictures and Story, Photos by Kris Krüg
Boys love him. Girls love him. Gays love him. Straights love him. Unicorns, not so much. Glam synthpopster Diamond Rings is on a trajectory into the stratosphere of awesome. So of course Backstage Rider and photog extraordinaire Kris Krüg followed John O and his rising star…into the men’s bathroom.
Top 10 #MTLMoments: Music in Montreal including KID KOALA, THE NATIONAL doc, KISS, SEXY SUSHI, DEAR DENIZEN, PIKNIC ELÉCTRONIK and more
Got sent to Montreal for three weeks to discover its music scene. Did we discover it? I’d say so. Here’s my Top 10 #MTLMoments including Kid Koala, Sexy Sushi, Osheaga, KISS and more.
#MTLMoments: Win VIP weekend in Montreal for Osheaga Festival (and Wanted: Your Montreal Recommendations!)
Enter for a chance to win a trip to the amazing Osheaga Festival in Montreal, and learn why the BackstageRider will be spending nearly 3 weeks in the city (and why I need your help)