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  • Mike Doughty: Top 11 New Year’s Resolutions

    What sort of New Year’s Resolutions would a big player of small rock have? Friend to the Backstage Rider and perpetual crush, Mike Doughty shares his hopes and aspirations for this year…in 11 bite-sized pieces.

    January 8, 2010
  • ASK BOB (from Pavement) and MIKE (Doughty): Your Questions…ANSWERED!

    YOU asked. THEY answered. Bob Nastanovich from Pavement and Mike Doughty (formerly of Soul Coughing) got together, on my Facebook page, and agreed to help the youth of today by answering YOUR questions. This is the comedy/straight guy HIPSTER INDIE ROCK ADVICE COLUMN TO END ALL.

    April 22, 2011
  • Got a problem? Ask Bob (from PAVEMENT) and Mike (DOUGHTY)!

    Indie rock emergency? Hipster crisis? Relationship problem? General concern about a rash? Don’t know what to make for dinner? ASK BOB NASTANOVICH FROM PAVEMENT AND MIKE DOUGHTY! Submit your questions NOW. You have one week

    April 7, 2011
  • Hey you, talking loudly at gigs? SHUT THE FUCK UP.

    ‘Tis the season to get cranky. When is it okay to talk really loudly and piss off all the people around you AND the band at a gig? Try never. Here’s a selection of some of my favourite Shut the Fuck Up videos from Mike Doughty, Roger Waters, Lou Barlow, Tegan & Sara, Regina Spektor…

    December 17, 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
  • Hey! It’s a YEAR-END LIST: The TOP 11 BSR-est THINGS OF 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, Primavera Sound, Sebadoh, Foals, Amanda Palmer and a look at the year ahead.

    December 28, 2013
  • 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
  • Got a problem? ASK JON WURSTER from Superchunk/The Mountain Goats!

    Have a hipster emergency? Want to impress your date but don’t know how? Afraid you might be losing your edge? ASK JON WURSTER of Superchunk/The Mountain Goats? Jon is our latest casualty in offering advice on BSR. We want YOUR questions!

    May 11, 2012
  • Top 11 of 2012: Why Look Back When You Can Look Forward?

    What’s the point of looking back? Here’s the BackstageRider Top 11 Things to Look Forward to in 2012 (so far) with a bit of back-looking, I admit, in the form of musicks I did very much enjoy as well as some guesses about what might be awesome next year.

    December 21, 2011
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