Arkells
You guys remember the Arkells from that wicked song “Oh, The Boss Is Coming,” right?
Well, they’ve got a new album out called Michigan Left and it’s not so much about the working man Constantines rock of their past as it’s about them diggin’ the music of the ’80s. Specifically people like Fleetwood Mac.
Aaron talked to the Arkells about this for Spinner and you can read the resulting article by clicking here.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
The Schomberg Fair
Aaron was very excited to recently join host Barry Taylor on Hamilton radio station Y108’s “The Y108 Indie Show.”
The pair shared some stories and gossiped like little schoolgirls. They also played some cool new music, too. Namely the following:
Zeus – “Are You Gonna Waste My Time”
The Dirty Nil – “Verona Lung”
Monster Truck – “Seven Sea Blues”
Ox – “Out On The Weekend”
The Mark Inside – “There Is Nothing To Admit”
Rick Aucoin – “Dying To Live”
Danko Jones – “Mouth Yo Mouth”
Nordic Nomadic – “Summer Friends”
Schomberg Fair – “I’d Raise My Hand”
Bry Webb – “Ex Punks”
The Y108 Indie Show airs every Monday night at 9 p.m. ET and repeats the following Sunday at 6 a.m. ET. To stream Y108 click here.
Early risers and super-raging party people can catch a rerun of Aaron’s episode on Sunday, Nov. 27, at 6 .m.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
LMFAO
Contrary to popular belief, we aren’t entirely no-fun cynical haters of populist music. In fact, the Risky Fuel homestead welcomed the music of party rockers LMFAO into our household a few months back and it’s been a non-stop danceathon ever since.
Sarah, in particular, has been so smitten by the antics of the technicolor duo that she went to see the band perform recently at Toronto’s Air Canada Centre. Sarah found the brilliant spectacle to be pretty much the equivalent of watching the Teletubbies — except for adults. You can read more about this theory in the live review she wrote for the National Post by clicking here.
Relatedly, here’s the most popular LMFAO song in our household right now:
Filed under Concerts, Music, Shameless Promotion
Chris Isaak
Update 1/5/14: Because Spinner is RIP I’ve unearthed this story and it can be read by going here.
Last month we told you about how Chris Isaak doesn’t like shitty singers. Well, now the companion feature to that story is out and you can read it by surfing over to Spinner Canada here.
This illuminating Q&A features Mr. Wicked Game talking about hanging out with Roy Orbison (jealous!) and how his brother made him pack a straight-razor with him when he went to New York City. Y’know, in case a dance fight broke out or something. There’s other stuff, too, so go read it.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
Brendan Canning
Unless you’re a Canadian indie rock fan who received free records in 2000 you probably have no idea who Cookie Duster are. But if you did, the fact that Cookie Duster are back is a big-ish deal. That’s because Cookie Duster are Broken Social Scene’s Brendan Canning and his assorted friends.
Canning went on the Official Danko Jones Podcast recently and announced that his old band was being revived. Aaron then dutifully wrote about it for Spinner. To read the story click here.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
Risky Fuel 