AltWeeklies Wire
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
Pop Montreal Does Festival Revelry Rightnew
The still-growing music fest thrives with booking policy that favors artistic quality over quantity.
NOW Magazine |
Jordan Bimm |
10-14-2008 |
Music
Lindsey Buckingham Proves the Pop-rock Chord is Alive and Wellnew
Buckingham's furious fingerpicking guitar style is front and centre on the sweet "Bel Air Rain," and opener "Great Day" would be a great song if it weren't a total knock-off of Don Henley's "Boys Of Summer."
NOW Magazine |
Jordan Bimm |
10-06-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Lindsey Buckingham, Gift of Screws
TV on the Radio Get Tense on 'Dear Science'new
Similar to their two previous records, it has little rejoicing lyrically; it's mostly unease and disaffected sentiment. But this time the words don't bring down the music.
NOW Magazine |
Jason Keller |
10-06-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: TV on the Radio, Dear Science
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
The Season's Most Desirable Releasesnew
A looks at new releases from Beyonce, AC/DC, Girl Talk, Oasis and more.
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich and Benjamin Boles |
09-29-2008 |
Music
Heavy 'n' hairy Crew Bison B.C. Busts Out of Van Citynew
Someone at Metal Blade must've recognized Bison's crossover potential with the non-metal crowd and decided to make the heavy 'n' hairy foursome of Masa Anzai, Brad Mackinnon, Dan And and Farwell the legendary alt-metal label's first Canuck signing.
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
09-22-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bison B.C.
Philly Electro Mavericks Pink Skull Keep It Live and Dirtynew
Unlike many live electronic acts, Pink Skull tend to stay fairly close to the original arrangements. They still leave some room for improvisation, but the overall structure of the songs is locked down in advance, which keeps things concise and focused.
NOW Magazine |
Benjamin Boles |
09-22-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Pink Skull
A Place to Bury Strangers Crank It Upnew
Death by audio is the name of Oliver Ackermann's Brooklyn-based effects pedal company, but it's also an apt description of his band, A Place to Bury Strangers.
NOW Magazine |
Jordan Bimm |
09-22-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Chad VanGaalen Tries to Sounds Like a Naive Boy Againnew
VanGaalen releases another terribly twee basement tinker tape that answers the question no one dared ask: what would Destroyer sound like if Dan Bejar were obsessed with Neil Young instead of David Bowie?
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
09-08-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Chad VanGaalen, Soft Airplane
Tortoise Not Really in a Hurrynew
Chicago post-rock icons would rather be proficient than prolific.
NOW Magazine |
Bryan Borzykowski |
09-08-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Tortoise
Brilliant New Film Documents Youssou Ndour's Spiritual Questnew
What first appears to be a conventional film biography of the Senegalese superstar reveals an entirely different dimension of Ndour.
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
09-08-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
