The Blakes

Three guys in the band and none of them are are named Blake. Go figure. Gillian, good work again. You’ve tipped me off to a great band and brought me to a solid show. That was the Blakes show at The Silver Dollar last night in Toronto. I had heard some of the band’s music […]


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 […]