Jun
Silversun Pickups: a liquor and convenience store near Sunset and Silver Lake Blvds in LA
Origins of band names.
Jun
Sled Island ’09: featuring Biz Markie,Liars, These Arms Are Snakes, Whitey Houston
Sled Island 2009’s programming features a line-up of 250+ bands spanning the globe, proudly including over 120 from Alberta, 100+ from the rest of Canada and 32 international bands. Acts added to the Sled Island 2009 lineup include: Hip-hop icon Biz Markie, New York weirdo-pop act Japanther, Seattle-based post-hardcore band These Arms Are Snakes (with […]
Jun
Doves fly high at Kool Haus
Live music is such an interesting thing for me. I never really end up in the middle. I either completely react to the music or nothing happens at all. I’ve noticed its getting less frequent that I am the former, luckily for the Doves show last night at Kool Haus, I reacted. Goosebumps, nostalgia and […]
Jun
Sleepyhead by Run Toto Run (Passion Pit Cover)
Who: Run Toto Run from Manchester.
What: A different spin on Passion Pit’s ‘Sleepyhead’ from across the pond. Run Toto Run add acoustic guitar, xylophone, and violin, making the otherwise dancy song quite cute, maybe more Celtic than what I thought sounded like an Eastern melody.
Song: Sleepyhead (Passion Pit Cover). Check out the cute video here […]
Catchy as hella, ella, ella, eh: Dan Black with ‘Symphonies’
Dan Black – Symphonies Couldn’t get this song out of my head all weekend. Had to keep opening youtube to play the video, just to hear it and I guess to satisfy my minds primal urge for a hook very close to Rihanna’s ‘Umbrella’. But, Dan‘s chorus surprises while enlightening me with the direction it […]