Crystal Castles assaulted all senses at Vancouver’s Commodore Ballroom on October 26. This is the story of that show and how I ended up taking really bad pictures on stage.
Grizzly Bear and the Lower Dens were in town for the Canadian Thanksgiving weekend. So I did what any normal rocktacular person would do, I made a turkey for the band. And got drunk. Full gallery/review here.
UK trio The XX brought the baby goth stage set up and the dulcet tones to Vancouver’s Vogue Theatre. Third time seeing them play since 2009, and each time, the same thing: shy but lovely.
World exclusive: track-by-track review of Jason Lytle from Grandaddy’s not-yet-released solo album, Dept of Disappearance. Spoiler: contains a ton of musings. And the album is amazing.
Peep a few photos of Animal Collective, The Antlers, Hot Chip, Terry Malts, Yacht and more. 8 bands over four gigs, in four venues. Not bad, September!
Stephen Malkmus, Bob Mould, The Shins, The Antlers, hanging out with Lower Dens, the Foo Fighters, Black Keys and the return from the dead of REFUSED. This is my final day at the Pukkelpop. Enjoy the adventure, I did.
Day 2 is all 90s revivalism bliss: your heroine has dinner with Grandaddy, gets all anthemic with the Stone Roses, gets gritty with the Afghan Whigs and takes in 9,877 more bands as part of Day 2 of Pukkelpop.
What do you call one of the best indie/rock/rap/dance music festivals in Europe? A place where you can drink Belgian beer if you’re over 16, eat waffles, and party in the dust to bands for 14 hours? It’s called Pukkelpop and here’s my Day 1 photo diary.
Sexy dancers, Dave Navarro as a character from Game of Thrones, Perry Farrell smiling broadly and sticking out his ribs…what more could you want from Jane’s Addiction? Nothing, really. Check out the review and rad pics in this huge gallery.
