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BSR Live Round Up: BLACK ANGELS, FOALS, PARQUET COURTS, MOON HOOCH, THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS and UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA in photos and words
A mammoth photo diary of the last handful of gigs in Vancouver, including Black Angels, Foals, They Might Be Giants and Moon Hooch, Parquet Courts and Unknown Mortal Orchestra. Read it and eep!
July 7, 2013
PRIMAVERA SOUND FESTIVAL: Day 1 Photo Diary with Dinosaur Jr, Savages, Animal Collective, Metz, Grizzly Bear, Phoenix and Deerhunter…and Sonic Boom
Primavera Sound Festival Barcelona: Day 1 – in which I see Dinosaur Jr, Metz, Savages, Deerhunter, Woods, Wild Nothing, Hot Snakes, Phoenix, Grizzly Bear, Animal Collective, Neko Case, Simian Mobile Disco…and more.
June 6, 2013
In Photos: Portraits of the LOCAL NATIVES live in Vancouver
Local Natives played a warm, inviting and love-filled show in Vancouver at the Commodore Ballroom on April 27. Here are a ton of portrait photos to show you what that looks like.
April 30, 2013
PALMA VIOLETS: What Makes A Gig of the Year? This. (Review/Photo Gallery)
GOBSMACKED…is how the gig was described by a fan after the fact. So what makes a show a gig of the year? Let me explain how The Palma Violets perfectly, majestically owned Vancouver and its Biltmore Cabaret on April 26.
April 28, 2013
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.
April 12, 2013
The Legend of HÜSKER DÜ’s BOB MOULD: Live in Toronto at the Horseshoe Tavern (Review/Gallery)
A legendary performance by a legend: king among post-punkers Bob Mould from Hüsker Dü (joined by Superchunk’s Jon Wurster and Telekinesis’ Jason Narducy) played the Horseshoe. It was, literally, epic.
March 4, 2013
INTERVIEW: Petey Dammit of THEE OH SEES talks Floating Coffin, Dead Notes and High Guitars
San Francisco’s chaos-mongers Thee Oh Sees put on a mean live show – and their albums of crazy psych rock are pretty damn tasty too. In this, I interview high-hoisting bassist Petey Dammit on the subject of their new LP Floating Coffin.
February 22, 2013
FOALS: Too Much on the Subject of New Album “Holy Fire” and a Band I Love (+ new video!)
The first post of 2013 and I’m laying it out. My name’s Mikala and I’m a Foals-a-holic. And I’m also now trying to wrap my head around their new album “Holy Fire.”
January 23, 2013
The BackstageRider Definitive TOP 11 “THINGS” OF 2012
In which I dissect the year in a painstaking, list-like fashion. The last few months may have sucked, but overall, this was a ROCKTACULAR year for the BSR.
December 25, 2012

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