September 17, 2010 – There are times when you are so exhausted that all you want to do is crawl into bed, no matter where you are. Then there are times when, despite being exhausted, all you want to do is revel in the moment; wherever you are. Last Friday night, at the Horseshoe Tavern, [...] Read More

September 17th, 2010 — Satisfaction. Our parents saw the great rock gods (in my house: The Rolling Stones) and will have that experience forever. Here’s our generation’s: Caribou. On Friday, September 17, the Phoenix Concert Theatre hosted the unique sounds of Caribou, which if you’re not listening to, stop reading this and go download their [...] Read More

Catchy riffs and foggy vocals lines are in abundance at the very beginning of The Meligrove Band’s fourth release Shimmering Lights, and only increase as the LP progresses. The Toronto-based band have made yet another record of intense indie pop-rock, maintaining a creative blend of lo- and hi-fi elements in their production as well as [...] Read More

September 15, 2010 — Equally adored by the good people at Pitchfork Media as well as by loyal Kensington Market aficionados, while being despised by anyone who’s ever heard their 2007 gimmick involving Black Flag’s Damaged, Brooklyn’s the Dirty Projectors brought their harmony-riddled and sonically acrobatic tunes to the Opera House. Backed by simple stage [...] Read More