Forget the mothers, guitars and brigades. Wolf Parade drummer Arlen Thompson, surely an expert on all things lupine, has two picks for the leaders of the wolf pack.”I love our (former) rehearsal-spacemates, AIDS Wolf,” he laughs. “And Steppenwolf.” But Haligonians don’t echo that sentiment. “This Heart’s On Fire” isn’t “I’m on Fire,” but Kijiji’s invisible […]
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Rollins along
When asked whether he’d marry, kill or sleep with Sarah Palin, Henry Rollins stutters, tripping over his words. After a few moments of silence, he chuckles, dissipating the awkward tension. “Neither. None. I don’t want to, um… No,” he sputters. “No. None of those options work for me.” Coming from a man who threatened to […]
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Piper’s call
Best known as Caribou’s drummer, Brad Weber’s no stranger to travel. He’s gone crate-digging in record stores in Turkey. He’s filmed music videos on the craggy beaches of Iceland. He’ll be performing everywhere from Mexico to Stockholm with Caribou this spring. But today, he’s at his parents’ home in Waterloo, Ontario, readying himself for a […]
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Rave review
With roughly 100 kids armed with Red Bull in a fume-filled military bunker, no one would confuse the January 30 rave at York Redoubt with a scene from Go. But for a party with near-fatal consequences, the Facebook group memorializing the rave has a surprisingly optimistic tone. “It was sketchy, yes it was dangerous, yes […]
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The Album Leaf
If you frequently accompany music with the Windows Media Player visualizer, then we have the album for you. For the first time, The Album Leaf—usually, a moniker for Jimmy LaValle and his laptop—have employed a full live band, and the results pay off. “Until the Last” builds around hopeful violins, swirling piano and a glitchy […]
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Los Campesinos!
It’s hard to call a band prominently featuring a glockenspiel anything but whimsical. But consistent with the direction of 2008’s We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed, exuberant twee-pop collective Los Campesinos! continues to explore the darker side of sunshine. Barely past legal drinking age, they’re clearly experiencing growing pains. Mid-tempo slugfests “In Media Res” and […]