Recovering Bohemian Music Snob. Currently learning to warp young minds with his knowledge of cynical conspiracy theories and the physical world.
The Mint Chicks are a transplanted Kiwi power trio that originally met up at Orewa College in New Zealand, and hail from Christchurch. Originally a four piece consisting of Michael Logie, Paul Roper, and brothers Kody and Ruban Nielson. In 2007 the band won 5 Tui awards (New Zealand Music Awards) including best rock group, […]
San Francisco Bay area garage rockers The May Fire have been kicking out the jams since Catty Tasso and El Pipe first met in the LA alt-rock scene back in 2004. After enlisting guitarist Nachito, and bassist Rob Gwin the foursome banded together to churn out sassy, punkesque, indie rock that might tweek your adrenaline […]
Jim Fairchild kept busy after the devolution of Grandaddy. In 2006, following the breakup of the now defunct Modesto, California act, Fairchild worked briefly as a touring guitarist with Modest Mouse, and also played with Earlimart, Lackthereof, and Great Northern. He then moved on to Portland, Oregon – with a brief detour through Chicago while […]
Back in June, right before NXNE weekend kicked off here in Toronto, I was patiently perusing the act-list on the festival website and frankly wasn’t finding much that I hadn’t already heard of, that was impressing me. Luckily I tend to go a bit overboard when I explore things in depth. What I managed to […]
Who: Tigersapien. from Philadelphia/New York
What: Half Tiger – Half Sapien, this striped quartet rocks out Sweaty Sex; tunes that rub the listener the right way. They’re in studio working on their first EP as I write this, with DESIGNER DRUGS doing the production. Here’s a fun electro-rock track that provides a […]