CBGB
My “This Week In Music History” feature went out again this week over at the Spinner.
For this one we mourn Lynyrd Skynyrd deaths, mourn punk institution CBGB with a suitably crappy photo, and explore that moment Noel Gallagher went too far in the Blur vs. Oasis feud.
To find out more things that made music history, click here.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
The Tragically Hip at Kensington Market
UPDATE: Because Spinner is RIP, Sarah’s full interview with The Hip can be found here.
To celebrate the release of The Tragically Hip‘s newest album Now For Plan A the band recently took over Toronto’s boho Kensington Market neighbourhood for multiple days worth of free mini concerts, interviews and autograph sessions.
Sarah went down to experience the unique event and also interview the band. The resulting interview was, well, “weird,” devolving into a lengthy discussion on how the mess on old Russian hockey nets makes for more exciting goal scoring than with the antiseptic nets used these days. Yeah. Blame Gord Downie.
To read the story head over to Spinner by clicking here.
Also, for added Hip-ness, I did a dangle piece for Gord Downie‘s appearance on George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight over at Huffington Post Music Canada. That’s worth tracking down too because Gord says some heavy stuff.
Filed under Concerts, Music, Shameless Promotion, Television
Grimes photo by Dustin Rabin
The latest edition of my Polaris People column is online over at the Polaris Music Prize website.
This time around I looked into bands who’ve never been nominated for Polaris, but have Polaris connections nonetheless. Namely, Divine Fits, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, AC Newman and Daphni.
To read it, go here.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
Thom Yorke
My “This Week In Music History” feature went out again this week over at the Spinner.
In this edition we investigate the strange cosmic bind between Radiohead‘s Thom Yorke and Simon Cowell. Maintaining the space theme, there’s info about ZZ Top trying to get to the moon.
To find out more things that made music history, click here.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
Triumph Live At Sweden Rock Festival
UPDATE: The full story of Triumph’s Sweden reunion can now be found HERE.
The first rock concert I ever attended by choice was Triumph at Maple Leaf Gardens somewhere around 1984 for the Thunder Seven tour (there was a Sha Na Na concert before that when I was a kid, but it doesn’t count because an aunt made me go). I never saw them after that because they put out The Sport of Kings album (poop) and then basically dissolved.
A few years back, however, the band made their first furtive attempts at a reunion, mainly by playing a big one-off gig in Sweden.
That gig was recorded and videotaped and has become the CD/DVD release Live At Sweden Rock Festival.
I spoke to band bassist Mike Levine about the reunion on behalf of Noisecreep and the results can be found in two separate feature stories.
The first, found HERE, is about how the actual Sweden reunion show almost didn’t happen.
The second, found HERE, takes a look at where the band are at right now, if they are actually ever going to tour again, and compares them to peers like Journey and Foreigner.
Filed under Concerts, Music, Shameless Promotion
I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
Risky Fuel 