A Life In Love With Music
TV on the Radio exploded brains during the first of two nights at Vancouver’s Commodore Ballroom on July 20. It was SO good, grey matter dripped down the walls. Check the brilliant pics…
Read more →Huh, wasn’t expecting much from this, but it actually made me smile. Here’s my ode to a new Canadian documentary about a band called Said The Whale, airing on CBC on July 23rd at 7pm (and…
Read more →Don’t you wanna take me on a sea cruise? WEEZER, SEBADOH, DINOSAUR JR, ANTLERS, GENE WEEN, YUCK, WAVVVES and others are setting sail on an indie-rock cruise in January. Here’s the details…
Read more →Brooklyn’s bespectacled small-rock god Mike Doughty has announced his new album, and a tour to match. Dates and details here. But seeing as this is the BSR, I’ve also added in some links to…
Read more →US indie heroes Grandaddy are reissuing their first three albums, including superclassic The Sophtware Slump. After I finished doing a happy dance, I chased Jason Lytle down directly to…
Read more →Hardcore troubadour Steve Earle was back in town, with a few stories and a full band. And I went backstage. Of course. Please find herein the review, amazing photos by Brittney Kwasney, and…
Read more →Dinosaur Jr’s J. Mascis, Lou Barlow and Murph blew eardrums and minds at Terminal 5 in New York City on June 23 when they played all tracks from their Bug album, and were accompanied by…
Read more →What do you get when you put Fucked Up, OFF!, Henry Rollins interviewing Lou Barlow, J. Mascis and Murph on stage, and then a full set of Dinosaur Jr. playing their ’88 album “BUG” in its…
Read more →Austin guitar murderers And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead and Ringo Deathstarr brought with them the noise and the fury to Vancouver’s newest stylin’ pad, Electric Owl. Here, my…
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