You wouldn’t think an old church would have an affect on the Polaris Music Prize year after year, would you?
But it does.
And Aaron wrote about it for Spinner Canada. You can read about it here.
Tag Archives: Music
Kyuss Lives! And The Sword Play Toronto
Kyuss Lives!
Another welcome addition to the ever-growing list of places Team Risky Fuel can be consumed has now arrived with Aaron’s recent concert review of the stoner rock band Kyuss Lives! for The National Post.
If you fancy yourself a true rocker you might want to click here to find out what you missed.
Filed under Concerts, Music, Shameless Promotion
Arcade Fire Proves Popular Bands Can Win The Polaris Music Prize
Remember when Aaron laid down the official betting lines for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize in Maclean’s? And how he totally correctly predicted Arcade Fire were going to win (though, to be fair, a lot of other people had them as favourites, too). Well, he wrote an aftermath piece about how Arcade Fire winning the Polaris means “popular” bands can be artistically relevant, too.
You can read that story at Spinner Canada by clicking here.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
Colin’s Stetson’s Pain In The Face
Most people had no idea who saxophonist to the indie stars Colin Stetson was about six months ago. But then he put out the album New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges, got nominated for the Polaris Music Prize short list, and everyone started to figure out that he’s worked with the likes of Arcade Fire, Timber Timbre, Lou Reed, David Byrne and TV On The Radio.
So it made total sense that Aaron would ask him about working out. You can read how their conversation went at Spinner Canada by clicking here.
Filed under Jock Stuff, Music, Shameless Promotion
The Real Men(?) Behind Madonna’s Vogue
One of Sarah’s favourite adventures during TIFF 2011 was interviewing and hanging around with the cast of Leave It On The Floor (she got along with them so fab that they even gave her a nickname, “Sarbear”). The cast were all super-fabulous members of the “ball scene,” a highly theatrical gay performance subculture probably best known as the place Madonna nicked voguing from.
Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Cher, Madonna… they all owe a debt to the ball scene and you can find out why in Sarah’s story about it for Spinner Canada. To read the story, click here.
Filed under Dance, Films, Music, Shameless Promotion
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