I had to look up the meaning of Fjord to refresh my memory. Was I ever taught this word in school? To quote the band from their New Music Canada site, Fjord Rowboat has been trying to ‘save the world with Reverb since 2004’. Does saving the world mean recording and performing lush atmospheric shoegazer […]
I’ve been planning a showcase for my artists during Canadian Music Week (CMW) for the better half of two months. And Saturday morning, I had this awesome feeling that everything was going to work like clockwork. Until I got this e-mail at 12:30pm….. It was from one of the production people at CMW responding to […]
Kudos to the Shout Out Out Out Out for trying to make a Toronto audience dance dance dance dance. Stereotypically, the Toronto audience is made up of people standing with the arms crossed in front of them, with their head cocked slightly left or right, to indicate analysis. We generally won’t show too much upper […]
Day 1 of CMW. Took a trip down to the docks. Liked what I saw from Magnet. 1 guy playing a lap steel guitar at the front of the stage, looping sounds, triggering beats, and creating etheral soundscapes. And singing. Even Johansen (Norway) gets likened to artists like Elliott Smith and Jeff Buckley. I think […]
Here are my picks for the festival. Make sure you check out www.cmw.net for more details or pick up an eye mag. Wednesday, March 1st: The Indies @ The Docks with STARS, MAGNET, and others including K’NAAN, ELLIOT BROOD and the FIGURINES. 8pm > KT TUNSTALL @ The Mod Club. No denying she is amazing […]