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Cloud Nothings' Dylan Baldi is Defiantly Self-Sufficientnew
The 20-year-old Clevelander behind the precocious power-pop outfit writes alone, plays all the instruments and, up until this year's self-titled full-length, out on Carpark, does his own producing.
NOW Magazine |
Jason Keller |
04-19-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cloud Nothings, Dylan Baldi
Janelle Monáenew
The genre-bending upstart stole the show at the Grammys. Can she pull it off again at Canadian Music Week?
NOW Magazine |
Jason Keller |
03-10-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Underground Lo-Fi Rocker Would Gladly Trade Hipster Hype for Pop Hitsnew
Don’t let his untamed hair or laid-back demeanour fool you – Kurt Vile is a consummate professional. After all, this is the guy who titled his albums Constant Hitmaker and Childish Prodigy... and meant it.
NOW Magazine |
Richard Trapunski |
02-26-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Raveonettes Update Girl-Group Wall of Sound with Touch of Doom and Gloomnew
While the Raveonettes have explored the tension between girl-group naïveté and gloom on their previous three albums, vocalist Sharin Foo says that for In And Out Of Control, they strove for less celebratory material than usual.
NOW Magazine |
Jason Richards |
10-26-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
NOFX Stick With The Warped Tour for the BBQsnew
NOFX has appeared at the Warped Tour a record-tying seven times. Singer/bassist Fat Mike says playing the annual punk spectacle isn't about an easy summer-job paycheck. The bands sign up because it's an opportunity to chill with their punk rock brethren.
NOW Magazine |
Jason Keller |
07-13-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Judas Priest Finds No Rust on 'British Steel'new
The band's 1980 release British Steel has legs. To celebrate its 30th anniversary, the English heavy metal five-piece play it in its entirety on their current tour.
NOW Magazine |
Carla Gillis |
07-13-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Slim Twig Insists That It's Only Rock and Rollnew
The articulate, soft-spoken 21-year-old Slm Twig has ridden a wave of underground hype over the past few years, but now he's getting positive reviews in the mainstream press, too. Not bad for someone who freely admits he's not much of a musician.
NOW Magazine |
Benjamin Boles |
05-29-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
What's Rock God Chris Cornell Doing with Timbaland?new
Sure, Cornell's stylish crooning of the James Bond theme "You Know My Name" for 2006's Casino Royale showed he's matured considerably since his grunge-bellowing days, but what the fuck? A hook-up with über-urbanizer Timbaland represents a radical rethink.
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
11-24-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Brit Cult Fave Holly Golightly Tries it Twangynew
By her own admission, Holly Golightly isn't overly familiar with country music. But that hasn't kept her from affecting a twang and recording Dirt Don't Hurt, a rootsy album of hayseed duets with her partner in musical crime, Lawyer Dave.
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
11-10-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Pram is Defiantly Differentnew
Don't even think about calling these Birmingham bashers post-rock.
NOW Magazine |
Jason Keller |
10-27-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Pram, Prisoner Of The Seven Pines
Viva (Abe) Vigoda!new
The quirky punk quartet from Chino, Calif., are bringing their tropical noise pop to dance floors all over North America thanks to Diplo's refreshingly eclectic fall tour lineup.
NOW Magazine |
Jordan Bimm |
10-17-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Power of Zeusnew
The Toronto bashers wield a mighty ukulele.
NOW Magazine |
Carla Gillis |
10-17-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Watain's Erik Danielsson on Satanismnew
Last year's critically lauded Sworn To The Dark propelled Sweden's Watain into a place amongst extreme Satanic metal's elite.
NOW Magazine |
Staff |
10-06-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Muskox Infiltrates the Local Scene 3 Inches at a Timenew
Among the more intriguing music marketing enigmas to hit Toronto is the annual appearance on Soundscapes' shelves of mysterious mini-CDs housed in matchbook-like packages emblazoned with the image of a hairy horned beast: the mark of Muskox.
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
10-06-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Muskox
Rewiring Hot Chipnew
After releasing their third LP, Made In The Dark, seven months ago and completing one sold-out headlining tour supporting it, Hot Chip are at that point where most bands hit auto-pilot until it's time to make the next record.
NOW Magazine |
Jordan Bimm |
09-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Hot Chip, Made in the Dark
