Joel Plaskett
The latest edition of my Polaris People column is online over at the Polaris Music Prize website.
This week we marvel at the fact that Rhye are two dudes, make note of the suddenly prolific Jim Guthrie and ponder Joel Plaskett performing everywhere.
To read the column go here.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
Chad VanGaalen
The latest edition of my Polaris People column is online over at the Polaris Music Prize website.
For this one we consider the strange union of Metz and Chad VanGaalen, ponder eating some Fucked Up food and watch Hannah Georgas become a unicorn.
To read the column go here.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
Joy Division
I have to skip ahead any time Joy Division comes up on iTunes when Sarah’s around and there’s a specific reason why.
She wrote about said reason for Noisey.
You can read about it here.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
Mickey Avalon
The 2013 edition of NXNE has finally ended and I can say with a certain sense of shock that I didn’t end up developing my annual case of paralyzing bad back from it (though I do appear to have a cold).
Over the course of NXNE I ended up seeing the following acts: Brendan Croskerry, Calexico, Santiago x The Natural, Sunfields, Brendan Canning, Wordburglar, D-Sisive, Elaquent, Sunclef + Peroff, By Divine Right, Hayden, The National, Blowfly, Brave Little Toaster, CTZNSHP, Weaves, The Lytics, Catl, White Lung and Mickey Avalon.
Some of whom I wrote up about in the NXNE wrap story for Huffington Post Music Canada. You can read that by clicking here.
I also took some photos of varying quality. Check those out below.
Filed under Concerts, Music, Photos, Shameless Promotion, The Misadventures Of
Lady Gaga
As anyone who lives near Toronto’s Queen West district is fully aware, the 2013 MuchMusic Video Awards just happened over the weekend, dramatically disrupting everyone’s lives for the sake of a giant teenager-baiting street party/live television event.
I’ve been to a number of these over the years in a professional capacity so I wrote about some of the best and worst MMVA performances for Huffington Post Music Canada.
You can read that list, highlighted by Lady Gaga‘s exploding boobies, by going here.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion, Television
I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
Risky Fuel 