Music nerds. You can typically find them scrounging used records stores for long lost Smiths B-sides, or discussing the perfect record player, or trying to find that perfect asian girlfriend to complete their look. But last night, a large number of them gathered at The Opera House in Toronto to witness post-rock juggernauts Explosions In [...]
I luv rap music,
I always have and I always will.
There ain’t no other kind of music in the world,
that makes me quite as chill.
I luv rap music,
you know it’s sitting on the top of my lips.
And if you want to hang with me, you better believe
We’ll be jamming to a hip-hop mix.
* lyrics courtesy of [...]
Over the last week, I’ve had the opportunity to see two of my favourite live bands. You’ve heard me rave about Mute Math and now it’s time to move onto The Appleseed Cast. For some reason, they never seem to make it North of the border, so last night I partook in the ancient ritual [...]
1. Modest Mouse – We Were Dead Before The Ship Sank: I’m not a big Smiths fan. Honestly, I always put The Cure well ahead of them in the “modern day emo inspiration category” but I might have to rethink that now. This is the first Modest Mouse album with Johnny Marr as a member [...]
For those long time readers, they’ll remember my concert review of MuteMath from November. I had the honour, and yes it is an honour, to see them again. I’m not sure what else to say about they’re performance, so I’ll start with the openers.
First up, I was expecting to see Someone Still Loves You Boris [...]