Peaches
Presumably you’ve forgotten about this already, but Pussy Riot are still locked up in Russia because Russia’s fucked up.
Electro rocker Peaches hasn’t forgotten, though, and Sarah spoke to her recently about the whole Pussy Riot imprisonment thing for Huffington Post Music Canada.
You can read the whole interview by going here.
Filed under Music, Politics, Shameless Promotion
Feist
The latest edition of my Polaris People column is online over at the Polaris Music Prize website.
In the latest edition of PP I looked at the aftermath of Feist winning the 2012 Polaris Music Prize. There were funny gifs, fancy photo essays and confessional columns.
To read it, go here.
Oh, and if you want to check out the “winner” post from Polaris night, that’s here.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
Rocky Horror Picture Show
My “This Week In Music History” feature went out again this week over at the Spinner.
For this edition we investigate the very weird phenomenon behind the Rocky Horror Picture Show, celebrate the release of Nirvana‘s Nevermind, and contemplate Phil Spector‘s murder rap.
To find out more things that made music history, click here.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
Fucked Up
Now that the 2012 Polaris Music Prize has been decided it was pretty clear from my interview with past champ and ’12 nominee Damian Abraham from Fucked Up that he was right when he said his band had no chance of winning for a second time.
Because they didn’t win for a second time.
To read the interview with FU discussing Polaris, head over to Spinner by clicking here.
Filed under Concerts, Music, Shameless Promotion
YAMANTAKA // SONIC TITAN
One of the most intriguing and least well-known contenders for the now-decided Polaris Music Prize was the kabuki theater heavy metal project YAMANTAKA // SONIC TITAN.
The band (who prefer to be considered an art collective) use elaborate Asian-themed costumes and props in their pummeling live shows and I got a chance to talk to them about said shows.
To read the interview over at Spinner, go here.
Filed under Art, Concerts, Music, Shameless Promotion
I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
Risky Fuel 