Cold Specks
The latest edition of my Polaris People column is online over at the Polaris Music Prize website.
We investigate long-dead singer Nick Drake‘s connection to Polaris, the many projects the other Drake is involved in right now, and talk about book Polaris jurors are connected to.
To read it, go here.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
Ryan Adams and Bryan Adams
My “This Week In Music History” feature went out again this week over at the Spinner.
Did you know Ryan Adams and Bryan Adams share the same birthday? It’s one of the many things that makes Ryan bananas when it comes to Bryan. Which makes us a little troll-y and want to remind people.
Play “Summer Of ’69” Ryan!
To find out more things that made music history, click here.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
The Killers and Mitt Romney
When Sarah interviewed The Killers last month the band were careful to appear as politically neutral as possible. They did, however, suggest they though Mitt Romney might have been namedropping them a little bit to appeal to the kids. As in, he was kinda fakey fakerson.
It turns out America agreed.
Anyway, to read the full story head over to Spinner by clicking here.
Filed under Music, Politics, Shameless Promotion
Pumpkin Rob Zombie
Every year music publications do a “dress like your favourite musicians” story around Halloween.
This year I did something different and instead contemplated which musicians might actually be monsters.
Jack White, Rob Zombie and Lana Del Rey were amongst the non-humans.
To read the story head over to Spinner by clicking here.
Filed under Culture, Music, Shameless Promotion
Ron Sexsmith
The latest edition of my Polaris People column is online over at the Polaris Music Prize website.
There’s some Ron Sexsmith news — mostly about someone else. There’s some Julie Doiron news — mostly about coleslaw. And there’s some Sarah Harmer news — mostly about the Minotaurs.
To read it, go here.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
Risky Fuel 