January 27, 2013
The Flaming Lips announced they’d be re-releasing their quardrophonic album Zaireeka for Record Store Day 2013, which reminded me of a package Wayne Coyne once sent. Take a look, in this…
Read more →January 23, 2013
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.”
Read more →December 25, 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.
Read more →December 9, 2012
Every once in a while, several rockhands of such brilliance MAGICALLY appear in your inbox, from another Rockhands Soldier out there in the trenches. That someone so awesome, like Braden…
Read more →December 6, 2012
“Hello? Please patch me through to Simian Mobile Disco please, kthxbai”. Photos and words about SMD’s Dec 4 gig at Venue. This time without blindness.
Read more →November 20, 2012
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…
Read more →November 16, 2012
The Pacific Northwest gathered in preparation for the rapture, rather the return of the Afghan Whigs, which was bigger, louder and more satisfying. Here’s what went down at the Showbox on…
Read more →November 13, 2012
Just days before she cancelled her European tour, Chan Marshall’s Cat Power performs at Vancouver’s Vogue Theatre and it’s a wild, utterly compelling combination of weird and beautiful.
Read more →November 12, 2012
In which you are introduced to a nice trio of Canadian boys who are putting out the best metallicky fuzz-punk of the moment. They are called METZ and you should love them.
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