Members:
Danny T - Bass/Vocals
Nazzy - Drums
GM - Guitar
Dano - Guitar
Monti - Keyboard/Vocals

Out of all the bands that played at the Horseshoe on March 18th, it was Jet Black Stereo that showed the most promise. The band presented those casual music-happy patrons with an interesting harmonic mix - a sound quality that managed to stand out and force ( Read more... )

The Elmocambo (amiably called the Elmo by the not-so-underground punk scene of downtown Toronto) presents an image of black on black and is littered with semi-ripped promotional posters, all printed on cheap, copy-center paper. All this is accented nicely by Sharpie scribbles on the walls - some declaring sexual deviations, while others scream ( Read more... )

I’ve recently found myself enamored with a new album - no surprise there. The shock value (and yes, there is significant shock value here) comes from the fact that this time around, that album is none-other than Hedley’s newest release, Famous Last Words (2007, Universal).
            I stumbled across Hedley through the workings of a pure accident ( Read more... )

The Whispering Rumors of Change

Change is usually seen as a good thing. Something employed when a body of people, or an established academic faculty wishes to move forward - towards bigger and better things. However, in the case of the newly elected president of York University, many students are wary of change, and it’s not just them crying out it ( Read more... )

With so many bands out there, and so many genres of music, it is sometimes hard to know what’s good and what isn’t. For that, though, there is always the trusty internet or the radio. What about those songs and artists that aren’t necessarily mainstreamed? Those artists that are more-often-than-not well known but considered odd? Equipped with my ( Read more... )

Their MySpace page advertises them as “driven” and showing up a handful of hours early to Burlington’s Legendary Red Rooster vintage café demonstrates the truth of this statement in ways that no amount of fan-based street-team devotion could. Most people have never heard of RallyCar, unless they live and breathe MySpace blogs and click on every ( Read more... )

The recent “war on emo” is something that every listener of decent music in the new rock scene has had to deal with at one point in time or another. But while labels for all sorts of music-listeners are as common as grass (metal-heads, Goth-rockers, Indie-hipsters etc) the world in general seems to have a problem, and a serious misconception ( Read more... )

Written in response to a joke of a music article printed by Excalibur (http://excal.on.ca)

To: Excalibur
Re: Spot the Indie Hipster…
I'm confused.

For an article that pretends to know the ins and out of the music scene "Spot the Indie Hipster, get a Cookie" was disgustingly under-informed and really only succeeded in drawing juvenile lines in the ( Read more... )

It's minus 10 degrees outside, but really, the fans don't seem to care. The crowd isn't a big one, but then again, neither is the club - but it's packed to capacity. By the time Paolo Nutini and his band hit the stage, there are people everywhere, swarming the floor and hanging off the balconies, each as eager as the next for the show to start. The ( Read more... )

           There are not many people in the world insane enough to sit up late at night to ponder the meanings and histories of certain words, but a recent series of fan-forum incidents has led me to the questioning of what exactly a fan is, and whether or not the object(s) of their fandom owe(s) them heart, soul and time for their love and ( Read more... )