March 30, 2014
“I’m feeling like I’ve been taking a bath in dirty sex, whiskey and wood chips.” Captured 26 moments at the March 27 show at the Rickshaw Theatre by Georgia’s dirty four-pack, the Black…
Read more →March 26, 2014
So. What happened at SXSW 2014? ALL OF THE THINGS. Future Islands, Public Service Broadcasting, Sean Lennon, Wye Oak, OFF!, Gary Numan, Eagulls, St Vincent, Damon Albarn, Fat White Family…
Read more →March 7, 2014
Can’t call myself a music writer without going down to get some free Doritos or something at SXSW at least once in my lifetime. Here’s what I’m hoping/planning/praying to see when I’m in…
Read more →March 3, 2014
You have never heard of These Brittle Bones, a 14-year-old teen from Wales, living in Singapore, by the name of Chris Jones. I’m about to change that.
Read more →March 2, 2014
Industrial legends return home after four years to Vanouver - how SKINNY PUPPY blew up the Commodore Ballroom with their little radiological event: costumes, a setlist to die for, and a…
Read more →February 19, 2014
The view backstage with Black Francis of the Pixies looks a lot like Bikram yoga poses and wonderful conversation. Here’s my meditation on the February 17 show at Vancouver’s Orpheum…
Read more →January 28, 2014
I AM DIRTY. Covered in ink from an immense (though paired-down) Dirtyphonics show, our heroine throws glowing adjectives at the French drum n’ bass…erm, now duo? Photos and review from…
Read more →January 22, 2014
A brilliant-sounding, but dead in the eyes Jake Bugg played to a filled, beautiful room in Vancouver on January 21st, and it should have gone off. So why didn’t it?
Read more →December 28, 2013
Now that you’re all sick of year-end lists, here’s the only one that matters: MINE. In which I discuss the Top 11 (my lists crank right to 11) Best BSR Things of 2013, featuring Osheaga…
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