One of the best music videos I’ve ever seen

Head on over to Stereogum and take a look at the video for Knife by Grizzly Bear. I’m not going to even try and figure out what the hell is happening here, but at one point I thought Captain James T. Kirk would come into the frame fighting that lizard thing….. **it will take some […]

Wavelength 7th Anniversary

Happy Birthday Wavelength. I touched on this before, but I thought I’d mention it again. Its been seven years since this institution of the Toronto music industry has been around. Wavelength is a Sunday evening music series and a zine that has continually tried to “breathe some life into some of the darker corners of […]

Charlemagne

I was never good at remembering details and I never excelled at history in school. So I had to look up what the word Charlemagne meant. Apparently, some dude who conquered half of Europe. Charles the Great they called him, or the Father of Europe. Now he shares his name with two bands that I’ve […]

David Vandervelde

And out of the time machine strolled David Vandervelde. First listen made me think of Bowie. I listened closer to Nothin’ No and thought of that psychadelic trip the Beatles took to the east. Maybe even thoughts of Pop Levi, another glam rocker stuck in the now. His record (The Moonstation House Band on Secretly […]

Hot Club de Paris / Tarwater

While most of the UK is dancing to Pro-Tools Punk, Hot Club de Paris offer up an upbeat live sound with influence ranging from Faraquet to Bloc Party. Think The Futureheads meet early Police and then take away all the spot lights and load it with Mike Watt’s ethics and craftsmanship. Your Face Looks All […]