should be a good one tonight

Grizzly Bear with Beach House at the Mod Club in Toronto. Its taken me this long to see this band, pretty excited. Head over to Stereogum to hear new Grizzly Bear material (Alligator) off the upcoming Friends EP, ‘a collection of new songs, covers, and alternate interpretations of songs, released on November 5/6 worldwide on […]

The Morning Benders

Came across this great cover of the Phil Spector/Ronettes song ‘Why Don’t They Let Us Fall In Love‘ by The Morning Benders. The Morning Benders are a 4 piece indie band from Berkeley, CA led by Chris Chu. After recording an EP (Loose Change) on an 8-track and garnering attention from touring the bay area, […]

Whitest Boy Alive

You should always listening to your friends. If I had, I would have posted about this band months ago. So here I am, standing on the dock, having missed the boat on The Whitest Boy Alive. A group based in Berlin, originally starting in 2003 as an electronic music project relying on samples, now a […]

Is There A Ghost?

Curious to know, what do you think of the new Band Of Horses track Is There A Ghost?? The jury is still out with me. Head over to their myspace page to download it.

thoughts from an old man on vfest

From the top of my head….. -some festivals are really about standing in lines…. waiting to just stand in other lines… -there is such thing as a $3.50 bottle of water and a $6.00 can of budweiser –MIA is sexy –Bjork is phenomenal. Highlight of the saturday performances. As well, each of her songs are […]