The Coast

It’s taken me a while to get something down about this band. This Coast is from somewhere near the middle of Canada, a place called Toronto. The name comes from a Paul Simon song, sounds like a mix between Verve, U2, Smiths, New Order. Building/driving atmospherics made from heavy reverb, offset with the slightly fragile […]

Sea Wolf

Do the work. In a previous post on Silversun Pickups and the Ship Collective I simply wrote off a band because they had the word wolf in their name. At the time, I think I might have heard too many calls of the wolf. I’m glad Dustin O’Halloran from Devics told me to take another […]


Band Of Horses

So a bunch of guys from Seattle formed a band, opened gigs for Iron and Wine, signed to Sub Pop and received favourable reviews at Pitchfork. that’s one story…. or. Perry Farrell started fronting a different band, with better songs. I’ve had Band of Horses‘s song The Funeral stuck in my head for a week […]


Bishop Allen

Its good to be back. Finally made it through a server switch and a very indecisive couple days. I’ve settled on a new look. Kind of like it. Like a new haircut. all fresh. Been loving the music I’ve heard from Brooklyn’s Bishop Allen. It’s a three or four piece releasing new EP’s every month […]