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By: Curtis Sindrey – Toronto music journalists joined moderator and Exclaim! Editor-in-Chief James Keast in a lively discussion about the ten short-listed albums nominated for the 2012 Polaris Music Prize. Aaron Brophy of Spinner Canada was a juror from the very beginning when the awards were founded in 2006. “I was apart of the club from … Continue reading
By: Sarah MacDonald – Is every twenty-something going through a very public, collective existential moment? Apparently they can’t (and maybe aren’t going to) get it together. But that’s okay because the struggle is part of life and musicians are exactly the kind of people to point out that no one has any clue about what … Continue reading
Words by: Curtis Sindrey and Lisa Gillan | Photos by: Curtis Sindrey – It’s been a long time coming, but Canadian pop-punk darlings Gob returned to Toronto last night at Sneaky Dee’s in downtown Toronto to perform there for the first time in six years. Local band Bathurst (aptly named after the street Sneaky … 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 – Dance driven pop rock bands aren’t hard to come by these days; the tricky thing is finding a band, a record, or even a song, that can rise above the music machine that can manufacture it so easily. Mother Mother is an Vancouver-based energetic dance pop rock outfit that captures attention … Continue reading
By: Lisa Gillan and Sasha Lindsay – Andrew W.K. Living up to his moniker, the King of Partying, Andrew W.K. opened his set by shouting, “I am not performing a show right now. This is a party!” And a party it was. W.K. appeared mod on stage, clad in white trousers and a … Continue reading
By: Sarah MacDonald – Canadian talent came out to support Fashion Cares 25, an event that raised funds for the AIDS Committee of Toronto, which was hosted by Sir Elton John. Co-hosted with MAC Viva Glam at Toronto’s Sony Centre for Performing Arts, the night was sparklingly titled “A Night of Glitter and Light” featured … Continue reading
By: Colin Rabyniuk – For much of its history, pop music was shiny and vacuous. Introspection was the exception to the rule. Ten years ago, Britney Spears and Nsync were at their peak. The music was vapid, yet still more successful than at any time before or after. But a tectonic shift occurred in pop … Continue reading
By: Chiara DiAngelo – Hailing from Regina, Saskatchewan, Rah Rah is less youthful on their new album The Poet’s Dead, instead opting to display more of a maturity in their sound, as well as the lyrical content of these 10 songs. However, the band luckily still maintains some semblance of the exuberance that makes them … Continue reading
By: Sarah MacDonald – There is a suitable way to appreciate the ever increasingly popular resurrection of grunge music and it isn’t donning your best plaid, ripped jeans, and scowl. It’s in loud, angry guitar riffs, taut drumbeats, and husky, gruff vocals. Of course, it helps to have been around before grunge and completely relevant and … Continue reading
