Young Galaxy
The latest edition of my Polaris People column is online over at the Polaris Music Prize website.
In this one we learn about the origins of Young Galaxy‘s name, examine A Tribe Called Red‘s connection to Idle No More and contemplate Braids‘ new song.
To read the column go here.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
Heart
Heart have long been stereotype destroyers, proving that gals do rock and such.
Now they’ve broken another gender barrier because band guitarist Nancy Wilson says her and her sister/Heart vocalist Ann Wilson love nerd prog band Rush.
This is rare territory. To read more about this development head over to Huffington Post Music Canada by clicking here.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
The Beatles
It was International Friendship Day recently so I got to dig deep and find some of the best and worst of songs about amigos.
Folks like Carole King, The White Stripes (Jack needs a friend) and Morrissey (multiple entries… he’s obsessed with friendship) all made the list.
To read it head over to Huffington Post Music Canada by clicking here.
Filed under Music, Relationships, Shameless Promotion
Arcade Fire photo courtesy Polaris Music Prize.
The latest edition of my Polaris People column is online over at the Polaris Music Prize website.
This week was a banner one for team-ups and cover songs as members of Arcade Fire teamed up with members of Sonic Youth, The Sadies teamed up with Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet to cover Alice Cooper, and Metz covered The Damned.
To read the column go here.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
Deadmau5
Last week Sarah had a moderately unpleasant interview with EDM musician and professional mouse-head Deadmau5 in advance of this weekend’s Veld Festival.
The one bright spot in the conversation came while discussing D5’s campaign to get on British car show Top Gear and how Justin Bieber derailed his Twitter campaign to get the show’s attention.
In said story he called Justin Bieber a “little prick.”
To read the story head over to Huffington Post Music Canada by clicking here.
P.S. Pro tip: Listing the amount of money you made in your bio won’t give you artistic cred.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion, Television
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