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The Top 11 Things of 2018: A Bumper Crop
The flesh is weak but the spirit is strong. 2018 was another tough health year (though I did manage to get a diagnosis of my “complex chronic disease” after a dozen years of trying), with one surgery and 78 different health-related appointments. As a result, this site and I lay more dormant than I would…
December 31, 2018
UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA in Boston, MA and Vancouver, BC
Photos and review of Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s two concerts in Boston, Massachusetts and Vancouver, British Columbia.
May 20, 2018
Photo Gallery: LOWER DENS AND UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA
Photos from the January 28 tour opener between Lower Dens and Unknown Mortal Orchestra at the Rickshaw Theatre.
February 1, 2016
Intergalactic, planetary: UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA and VINYL WILLIAMS
LA’s trippy Vinyl Williams opened up for pop-pysch-oloigsts Unknown Mortal Orchestra on July 26 at the Imperial in Vancouver. Together, they tore a rift in the space-time continuum and filled it with multicoloured and prismatic pretty sounds. See the photos, read the reads.
August 9, 2015
The Epic ICELAND AIRWAVES Adventure – Gallery and Highlights from Reykjavik with Flaming Lips, Mammút, Caribou, Kiasmos, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, War on Drugs, Agent Fresco and more
With volcanos erupting in the distance, black sand beaches and trips to the Blue Lagoon, you could say that partying alongside Flaming Lips, War on Drugs, Caribou, Future Islands and locals Mammút, Kiasmos, Agent Fresco, Árstíðir and others made ICELAND AIRWAVES pretty epic
December 15, 2014
Hey! It’s a YEAR-END LIST: The TOP 11 BSR-est THINGS OF 2013
Now that you’re all sick of year-end lists, here’s the only one that matters: MINE. In which I discuss the Top 11 (my lists crank right to 11) Best BSR Things of 2013, featuring Osheaga, Primavera Sound, Sebadoh, Foals, Amanda Palmer and a look at the year ahead.
December 28, 2013
BSR Live Round Up: BLACK ANGELS, FOALS, PARQUET COURTS, MOON HOOCH, THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS and UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA in photos and words
A mammoth photo diary of the last handful of gigs in Vancouver, including Black Angels, Foals, They Might Be Giants and Moon Hooch, Parquet Courts and Unknown Mortal Orchestra. Read it and eep!
July 7, 2013
UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA/FOXYGEN live in Toronto
Unknown Mortal Orchestra and Foxygen played Toronto’s Wrong Bar on March 4th and herewith a review, some photos and some tips for the youth of today.
March 11, 2013
PHOTOS: BEST COAST and UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA
Pics from the May 23rd Best Coast and Unknown Mortal Orchestra gig in Vancouver at the Biltmore Cabaret. Includes…uh, pictures. And a few words.
May 24, 2012