by Portia Favro | 22nd November 2011
Oh November…each year you curse us with plunging temperatures, darkness at 5 P.M., and that final rush of work before the holiday season. However, this year, November has given us Montreal-based band Honheehonhee’s debut album, Shouts, which is one of the most eclectic and fun records I’ve gotten to listen to this year.
I will not [...] Read More
by Portia Favro | 18th October 2011
It’s Thanksgiving Day – I’m running around trying to make my first turkey dinner and play host to a large group of people in my tiny Toronto apartment.
Needless to say, stress levels were running pretty high.
As soon as guests began to arrive, opinions started to fly about what music choices should be made for the [...] Read More
by Portia Favro | 7th October 2011
Man, Yukon Blonde did this British Columbian proud. Even better, this Kelowna-ite was positively beaming after listening to the band’s latest EP, Fire//Water.
Yukon Blonde is one of a few B.C. bands really shining this autumn, especially with more interesting and eclectic EP’s and tours coming up.
As both the band and I are from the west [...] Read More
by Portia Favro | 21st September 2011
I have a confession. Please don’t tell my boyfriend…but I have completely fallen in love with Steve Gates after listening to his debut EP, Hello Jesus.
On some debut albums, the sound of the artist can get lost in the bustle of too much percussion, sounds and tracks. Gates doesn’t get caught up in this–focusing on [...] Read More