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By: Curtis Sindrey – Going solo is difficult for any artist, especially if you’re coming from a platinum selling band like U.K. based Razorlight. Andy Burrows, former drummer of the aforementioned quartet, and currently a member of New York-based indie rockers We Are Scientists, is branching out into a solo career. With his second solo … Continue reading
By: Colin Rabyniuk – H enry Rollins no longer broods barefoot on stage, howling with supreme consternation, his body clad only in gym shorts, gyrating to the rhythm of the drums when he performs. He doesn’t stare bleakly into the crowd anymore, his face wrought with dismay. Fans no longer pelt him with bottles and slurs. … Continue reading
By: Curtis Sindrey – Role models are in less supply than they used to be. The people who were often looked up to found a way to allow that admiration to evaporate into thin air. Toronto-based Diamond Rings (aka John O’Regan) has enveloped a cult following due to his straightforward demeanor and his desire to … Continue reading
By: Curtis Sindrey – At first glance, Dublin-based The Script seem like a cookie-cutter Snow Patrol/Coldplay pop band, but upon closer analysis you’ll notice that the trio is far from the Brit pop hooks of those bands. Instead they take on several Stevie Wonder-influenced R&B and hip-hop elements. Working with producer Steve Kipner (Rod Stewart, … Continue reading
By: Curtis Sindrey – When the hit single “Steal My Sunshine” topped the charts in the summer of 1999, it propelled Canadian rap-pop band Len to overnight superstardom. But it was in the subsequent years that the band, specifically leader Marc Costanzo, grew to detest their fame. “The one hit wonder thing is difficult to understand … Continue reading
By: Curtis Sindrey – Following the death of her mother Kate McGarrigle from cancer in 2010, singer-songwriter Martha Wainwright was left with not only a musical guide, but a spiritual one as well. On her new album Come Home To Mama, Wainwright provides several tributes to her late mother, specifically with her first single “Proserpina,” … Continue reading
By: Curtis Sindrey – With their fourth album The Sticks, Vancouver born Mother Mother have abandoned their dance pop roots which were intimately explored on their 2011 album Eureka and have produced a more complex record with more harmonic and creative risks. “Ignorance is cool now,” says lead singer and guitarist Ryan Guldemond in a … Continue reading
By: Sarah MacDonald and Chris D’Alessandro – There are a series of moments in life that are hard and painful and tragically cause an emotional impasse, which begs for an escape, a release, a way out. It is when life strikes fast and rough, bringing you to your knees and imploring it, whatever is, to stop and … Continue reading
By: Curtis Sindrey – On the heels of the success of their second LP “Collections,” released last year, Victoria B.C. natives Acres of Lions will begin the cycle again when they start recording their new album this fall. Their debut album “Working” was released in 2009 and according to singer/guitarist/songwriter Jeff Kalesnikoff, “The first album … Continue reading
By: Curtis Sindrey – With a new album already in the works since releasing “Hymns For The Hollow,” back in May, Toronto rockers The Coppertone are ready to unleash their brand of indie rock onto the world. With five albums worth of material already written, front-woman Amanda Zelina (guitar/vocals) has been in the songwriting process … Continue reading
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