Skip to content

THE BACKSTAGE RIDER

About
Rockhands
Friends
Press
Contact

Category: Generally Rocktacular

Massive Attack: “The shit you have here is stronger than what we grow in Bristol…”
Massive Attack live and blindingly good at Vancouver’s Malkin Bowl, May 29th. Behold this gallery with light show bonanza. The Backstage Rider celebrated her birthday remembering time she had a chance to meet Massive Attack, but couldn’t think up a good enough opening salvo, so walked on by. Nevermind, they were still fugging awesome. Even…
May 30, 2010
The National: High Violet + Violet Tickets + Tour + YouTube Event = Awesome
The National are back! The National are back! High Violet launches today and comes with a marketing juggernaut. Also find out why on May 15 you should be glued to your computer and turn up the speakers.
May 11, 2010
GALLERY: Japandroids at the Lifetime Collective
Aren’t awesome international media darlings supposed to play awesome venues when they’re back in their hometown? Yeah, that’s what we thought. But nevermind, we will let you live, Japandroids. For you have brought the punk rock back.
May 1, 2010
Nervous Wreckords: “Doin’ It To Do It” New Video and Album Alert!
Pictures of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, Axl Rose, John Taylor from Duran Duran, oh and the new video from The Nervous Wreckords featuring one Mr. Brian Karscig and the hot Lindsay Matheson. They’re just “Doin’ it to do it”, don’tcha know.
April 29, 2010
Guilty About Girls: Candy Candy
Guilty About Girls has a new video out for the poppy little number, “Candy Candy”. They shot it this past weekend. Here it is in all its black and white glory, served up with some colourful anecdotes. Would you like fries with that?
April 27, 2010
Florence and the Machine Video: Dog Days Are Over (Live)
Slightly dodgy hand-held video of Florence & the Machine performing “Dog Days Are Over” live at the Vancouver Commodore Ballroom, April 14, 2010, along with a crowd of totally raving lunatic fans going absolutely nutso with joy and bounce.
April 17, 2010
GALLERY/REVIEW: Spoon and Deerhunter, April 11
Amazing live photos! Words and subjectivity pertaining the live performance of a band from Texas called Spoon! And their opening act, Deerhunter! And a tenuous reference to Captain Picard! Chickens! Eggs! A man called Britt! Hipsters! Oooh, it’s a good one.
April 12, 2010
GALLERY: Last Week in Music
‘Tis the season to have a pop-rock-dance-drum n’ bass-singer-songwriter-hip-hop-indie-alt freakout. This week has been particularly rocktacular, so lay a cornea on pics of Gomez, Efterklang, Mike Doughty, Old Money, The Manvils, Dragonette, Pendulum, John Digweed and Postdata.
March 21, 2010
Interview: Gomez on New Album =”More Balls, More Swagger”
How the hell did the BackstageRider end up drinking Beck’s and talking Beck with Gomez while watching Danish band Efterklang? The story starts in 1998. And then weaves its way to 2010 and the Cultural Olympiad in which Tom Gray discusses what he wants from the band’s new album… and it isn’t wallpaper. Click through…
March 18, 2010

←Previous Page

1 … 18 19 20 21

THE BACKSTAGE RIDER

Proudly powered by WordPress