A Life In Love With Music
Two years ago, LouisXIV kinda broke up following an insanely popular tour with the Killers. Last week they got back together. BackstageRider has the pics, and the proverbial scoop from the…
Read more →DIAMOND RINGS, you are too bloody pretty. And you sort of rule. As did your opening act, PS I LOVE YOU. So you may all live. Here’s a MEGA-ENORMO gallery of both bands, with a few words…
Read more →“I wanted to make the record that I wanted to hear from The New York Dolls, at this place in their lives, after all the drugs and touring, the make-up and high heels”: producer, musician…
Read more →OH MY GOD SO MENTAL ALL THE KIDS ARE GOING CRAZY AHHH IT’S PENDULUM LIVE HOLY CRAP AMAZING SORT OF CHEESY I WANNA DANCE, DO YOU WANNA DANCE? YES, LET’S DANCE!
Read more →Indie rock stalwarts Yo La Tengo brought their enormous tour bus and their “Spin the Wheel” show to a packed Vancouver Rickshaw show on Feb 19. Then they sorta scrapped the wheel and went…
Read more →The final installment of The View From The Road with Sebadoh takes us from Vancouver to Seattle, in which we fight hurricanes and slow coffee servers, hipster-hating, homophobic…
Read more →Buncha folks sitting around in a half-circle making epic music. No lights, no fun, but all darkfuzz goodness. Intense for some, disappointing for others. I get it, GY!BE, I really do. But…
Read more →THREE MORE REASONS TO DOUBT YOUR BOYFRIEND, SEBADOH! Not often you get to host your favourite sorta-broken-up indie rock band (whose tagline you cribbed for your website) in your hometown…
Read more →Stupid cupid. Valentine’s Day should be about gettin’ jiggy, not buying roses and chocolates. Here’s former Suicide Girl and BackstageRider’s favourite alt-porn model Apnea with the Top 11…
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