WHY I LOVE YUCK: Plus! Amazing! Live! Photo! Gallery!
RAGING CRUSH ALERT! I really dig Yuck. I dig all their slacker 90s US musical reference points. I dig lead singer boychild Daniel Blumberg. I dig their drummer’s afro hair. Mostly I dig their debut, “Yuck”. Here’s why I love Yuck, plus a big ol’ photo gallery of the band live in Vancouver.
What’s on George Stroumboulopoulos’ Backstage Rider?
What does Canada’s Boyfriend, George “Strombo” Stroumboulopoulos, want on his BackstageRider? Well, let’s ask him, shall we? WE HAVE VIDEO.
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
Rockhands: The SXSW Edition (Starring Yuck, Black Angels, Steve Wynn, Esben & The Witch + more!)
While the BackstageRider can’t be at SXSW in person, she has deployed a small army to track down the greatest in indierockhands. Featuring Yuck! The Head and the Heart! Young Evils! Black Angels! John Vanderslice! Esben & The Witch! Steve Wynn and the Miracle 3! GroupLove! Sleepy Vikings! They’re here.
2010 in Review: The BackstageRider UnList
Saw, met, interviewed and flirted with about 100 bands in 2010, The (First) Year of the BackstageRider. Here’s a recap of the highlights, because no music websites anywhere are doing recaps and I thought I’d be clever…she says, sarcastically. Happy ’11, folks, and thanks for being here!
DIAMOND RINGS – Exclusive Pictures and Story, Photos by Kris Krüg
Boys love him. Girls love him. Gays love him. Straights love him. Unicorns, not so much. Glam synthpopster Diamond Rings is on a trajectory into the stratosphere of awesome. So of course Backstage Rider and photog extraordinaire Kris Krüg followed John O and his rising star…into the men’s bathroom.
The SUPERCHUNK-y Photo Gallery
Chapel Hill returned to Vancouver after a “what? 9 year? 11 year? Let’s just round it out and say 10 year” absence. It was those slack motherfuckers, Superchunk. Energy was great. Lights were harsh. Check the gallery. Superchunk at the Biltmore in Vancouver on October 13.
Crystal Head Vodka – Gently Take My Skull For a Ride*
Ignore the horrible rockhands picture of the Backstage Rider and Dan Akyroyd from Sept 23, assume the photographer was drunk, and click through to read about a vodka whose POWER IS CAPTURED BY A GLASS SKULL.
Past, Present and Future Crowded House: Interview with Neil Finn
Once and a while, the Backstage Rider likes to throw in a wild card to see if you’re all paying attention. Crowded House are good, okay? Here’s an interview with Neil Finn about their new album Intriguer. Plus lots of nostalgia, BSR-stylee.