NXNE 2007 Picks: Friday, June 8th

If you are looking to head to one bar tonight, here’s your best bets. DOTE Management showcase. Junior Boys, Born Ruffians, We’re Marching On, Young Rival, Koushik. Mod Club (50 badges/wristbands). Voxtrot with Favorite Sons, Au Revoir Simone (all ages at 6pm), late show at 9:30pm (50 badges wristbands). But if you are like me […]

SXSW ’07, Day 3: Friday

I’m starting the day at 32%. Obviously the lack of sleep was getting to me. Couldn’t even figure out a schedule for shows… It was about wandering and finding fixes that day. Seeing the Riverboat Gamblers picked me up to around 55%.? Their lead singer avoided certain injury 9 times during his set, jumping off […]

Chris’s Top 10 Albums of 2006

It was really hard putting these in order…. They are just going to be in alphabetical order. As well, I’m sure there were many great records put out this year that I never got a chance to hear. These ones below are the ones that inspired me the most. (Not going to put in a […]

Best Songs Of The Year – Disc 1

I made a two disc mix CD to give out over the holidays. It was a little tough, as I originally had 60 or so songs in contention before I started whittling. But I got down to 34. I’m actually surprised at the low amount of Canadian content….. but these were the songs that stayed […]

Annuals

I think this is Raliegh, CA’s answer to Canada’s Old Soul. Can’t put it much better than this. “Carefully layering each song with a thousand noises and feelings, Annuals camoflauge the deep simplicity of what they do, belying their youth with deftness & complexity.” Be He Me is due out in October on Ace Fu. […]