Fun.
Have you listened to that “Pumped Up Kicks” song? It’s not fun. It’s psychopath music.
We’re talking Columbine level.
Knowing that this song had tricked a lot of folks into thinking it was a happy-go-lucky pop tune Sarah went and found another 19 numbers that are really actually about murder, revenge, deceit and other generally nasty stuff.
That list — 20 Dark Pop Songs — can be found over at Huffington Post Music Canada by clicking here.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
Police car flipped during the Montreal Gn’R riot.
My “This Week In Music History” feature went out again this week over at the Spinner.
The riot that Guns n’ Roses caused in Montreal was a big deal. So was The Beatles releasing the Revolver album. Garth Brooks drew a million fans to a show.
To find out more things that made music history, click here.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
Dallas Green
Neil Young was a big deal at the Juno Awards in 2011. He won stuff and hung out and everybody was Neil Neil Neil!
I got within 10 feet of him or so myself, so it was pretty cool. Didn’t get to talk to him though. If I did I would have asked him if he watches Top Gear.
Anyway, there was someone else who didn’t talk to him either — City And Colour‘s Dallas Green. Thing is, Green sung one of Young’s songs (“Old Man”), on the award show broadcast, so that was a whole different level of Neil interaction.
I asked him about it for Huffington Post Music Canada.
You can read the story by clicking here.
Filed under Concerts, Music, Shameless Promotion
Kathleen Edwards
The latest edition of my Polaris People column is online over at the Polaris Music Prize website.
Drake spent some time playing paintball, Grimes was declared the coolest girl in Canada, and Kathleen Edwards is owning the podium.
To read about them, and to check the recently redesigned Polaris home page, go here.
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Austra
Electro dance goths Austra have a secret ace in their hole — singer Katie Stelmanis has some opera training. Which she basically uses to help bring her melodramatic beats and pulses to the public.
She told me all about her opera connection in an interview for Spinner.
To read it click here.
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I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
Risky Fuel 