A couple quick thoughts on the Arcade Fire

1) You kids have an amazing live show, don’t change anything. Thanks for the 2 encores tonight. did you play a secret show that I didn’t know about? 2) Neon Bible. I like the record, but I think I’m a Funeral kind of guy. In the live shows? Its going to be a while before […]

Motocade

Got a message this morning from Scott in Motocade (a four-piece band from Auckland, NZ) asking me to take a listen to a couple tracks of their EP Into The Fall. I gotta admit, when I saw that the e-mail in my inbox was 12 megs I kind of cringed. Too many bad experiences here […]

Vivek Shraya

As soon as I finish this post, I’m heading back into the sun. What a great day here in Toronto. I’ll be in the dome tonight watching the Jays lose another to Boston. I’ll probably have one of Vivek Shraya‘s songs playing in my head. Check out Chemistry. Sounds kind of like a mix between […]

Come for Lazy Eye, stick around for a great live band

Thanks Matt for getting me into the Silversun Pickups show last night at the Phoenix. I arrived a little too late to see fellow label-mates Sea Wolf perform, but just in time to grab a beer and wait for the headliner. It was around that moment when I fully realized how long it has been […]