Metric and Holy Fuck at The Mod Club in Toronto
Frank YangWhen Metric’s latest album Fantasies first became available to stream a month ago, the immediate reaction around the interwebs seemed to be largely along the lines of breathless, “their best...
View ArticleJapandroids have ulcer, cancel tour, make up tour
Leigh RightonVancouver fuzz-merchant duo Japandroids chose an interesting way to celebrate the release of their new album Post-Nothing and the attendant “Best New Music” laurels bestowed upon it by...
View ArticleNYC Popfest with The Radio Dept, Pants Yell!, The Secret History, Eux Autres...
Frank YangI’ve been to a LOT of shows in the past decade or so, and as such my list of bands whom I’m still waiting to see live is pretty short by this point – and last week, it got one big name...
View ArticleNXNE 2009 day one with No Age, Ume, Kittens Ablaze and The Darcys
Frank YangWith a lead-up week that had included rather insane shows from each of Patrick Wolf, Phoenix and The Dead Weather, it wasn’t surprising that I was half-dead before NXNE even began this year....
View ArticleReview of Kathryn Calder’s Are You My Mother?
Caleb ByersIt’s been a half-decade since Kathryn Calder joined The New Pornographers in 2005, and in that time she’s gone from handling the impossible task of pinch-hitting on tours for Neko Case to...
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