AltWeeklies Wire
Hank of America: Henry Rollins, Punk’s Musclebound Man of Lettersnew
Since his days leading the charge as the singer of Black Flag and the Rollins Band, Henry Rollins has hardly had a wink of sleep through the majority of his adult life. He has become equally known as a spoken-word performer.
Montreal Mirror |
Johnson Cummins |
03-19-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Montreal Mirror, Henry Rollins
How Dancing Desert Stars Informed YACHT's New Albumnew
“YACHT is not a cult,” reads the mission statement of the electronically inclined Portland, Oregon pop duo, who perhaps protest too much. They have a philosophy, a belief system, followers, mystical symbols, a grand council (the YACHT Trust) and a work method that involves trance states
Montreal Mirror |
Lorraine Carpenter |
03-07-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: YACHT, See Mystery Lights
The Music of Ebony Bones is as Brash and Brilliant As Her Wardrobenew
If you don’t know London, England’s Ebony Bones (née Ebony Thomas), don’t worry, you will soon. She’s rather hard to miss with her gigantic hair and absurdist outfits of impossible shapes and every colour in the rainbow, cranked up to maximum saturation.
Montreal Mirror |
Rupert Bottenberg |
02-05-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Brooklyn's Clare and the Reasons Make Charmed Chamber Popnew
Clare Muldaur’s honey-sweet vocals and fanciful soundscapes may belie the sophistication of her compositions and her husband’s arrangements of brass, strings and woodwinds, but it’s that levity and wonder that make Clare and the Reasons so charming.
Montreal Mirror |
Lorraine Carpenter |
01-22-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Neo-mod Brit Brats the Arctic Monkeys are Slowing Down, Growing Up and Branching Outnew
A crusty British music scribe whose name I am unable to recall recently theorized that no one likes the Arctic Monkeys—until they actually listen to one of their records. But as soon as they were built up as the saviors of British rock music, they were knocked down.
Montreal Mirror |
Erik Leijon |
12-11-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Nathan Williams of Wavves Likes His Rock Served Rawnew
Whether Nathan Williams, the multi-instrumentalist behind San Diego's Wavves, likes it or not, his musical vehicle has been shoved under the ever-widening umbrella of lo-fi, or "no-fi" or, to use my new personal favorite term from the blogosphere, "shitgaze."
Montreal Mirror |
Johnson Cummins |
09-18-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Jamaican Hitmaker Sean Kingston Hears With a Teen's Earsnew
They may be as shiny and sugary as any Top 10 tune, but the hooks from Sean Kingston's 2007 hit, "Beautiful Girls," and his latest, "Fire Burning," combine a contagious catchiness with a touch of dancehall and a pile of youthful exuberance.
Montreal Mirror |
Erin MacLeod |
09-18-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sean Kingston, Tomorrow
Atlanta's The Black Lips Cook Up Garage Rock Chaosnew
Atlanta, Georgia's flower punks the Black Lips have taken lysergic garage rock around the globe. The band's even been forced to flee India. Here bassist Jared Swilley discusses the group's instigation nation by nation.
Montreal Mirror |
Johnson Cummins |
08-07-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tiga's 'Ciao!' Is Unfettered, Unabashed, Intuitive and Hilariousnew
All of Tiga's hustle and accomplishment is concealed behind the sleek, casual, quirky and fascinating veneer which is ultimately his greatest talent— his distinct personality.
Montreal Mirror |
Jack Oatmon |
06-05-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Uncanny Hootenanny of Hank Pine & Lily Fawn Fires Up Montreal's Festival Seasonnew
Twisted musical revisionists Hank Pine & Lily Fawn testify about their comic book origins, their snake-oil stage show, their creep-outs for kiddies and the robot in their future—but they won't say where the bodies are buried.
Montreal Mirror |
Rupert Bottenberg |
06-05-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
The 'It' Factor of the Wong Boysnew
Hailing from the land of Lego and blue cheese, the Wong Boys are a pair of Danish music-scene vets who "talk punk and walk rave," as they put it, which essentially means they bang out obtuse, ass-kick electro-pop that's rank, dank, raunchy and stupid in an exceptionally clever manner.
Montreal Mirror |
Rupert Bottenberg |
03-13-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: electronic music, The Wong Boys
Dave Gossage and the Annual Saint Patrick's Mindwarpnew
Known to local Celtic music buffs as Montreal's most prominent pied piper, and to a recent influx of young Irish pub-goers as "flute guy," Hurley's and Old Dublin mainstay Dave Gossage is one of Montreal's go-to musical performers when it comes to traditional Irish and Scottish reels and jigs.
Montreal Mirror |
Erik Leijon |
03-13-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Black Dahlia Murder Keeps Death Alivenew
Michigan's the Black Dahlia Murder have been trying to shake the metalcore tag ever since they first got started in 2001. A shame, really, because they are about as molten metal as it gets.
Montreal Mirror |
Johnson Cummins |
12-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Mercury Rev's Strange Attractionsnew
The New York State band invokes animal spirits and alchemical magic to make two new albums.
Montreal Mirror |
Lorraine Carpenter |
12-05-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
M83's Keen on Teensnew
Saturdays=Youth sonically rehashes Anthony Gonzales' salad days, considering the puppy love and formative discoveries of a Mediterranean teenager in only the most optimistic of terms.
Montreal Mirror |
Jack Oatmon |
11-14-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
