Nice Words are Nice.

Here’s a rad little review-ish thing about our last album, Gang of Losers, from the Whale In A Cubicle blog. I appreciate the sincerity!

CD-R, Plus.

So this piece of CD-R was sitting in the flower box outside the fire station for days, but I’ve always been too freaked about taking a picture of it because I’m intimidated by the firemen. Like what do I tell them if they asked me what I was doing? How could I possibly explain this [...]

Torquil Campbell is a Genius

If you haven’t already, you absolutely must read it here: Torq’s Blog. It is mainly a retort to Pitchfork’s review of Stars’ latest album, “In Our Bedroom After the War.” It’s a classic Pitchfork review, where they pretend to like something, and Torq calls them out. He actually nails down the accidental effect the blogosphere [...]

A Pointless Thing to Say

I am waiting at the audiologist’s office to have my hearing checked. I made this appointment six months ago (that’s how it is in Canada…free but takes forever) so I better find out that my hearing is amazing (they will probably tell me it is damaged, that I have tinnitus, too much wax, etc).
Anyhow I [...]

Review: Transformers (The Movie)

When Murray and I actually have a chance to go to the theatre, it is inevitably to see something with lots of explosions. Our last outing was no exception: we went to see Transformers (or as our friend Renaud would say, “Transformatateurs”). There were a lot of explosions and explosive moments, and some action sequences [...]

Review: Krief “Take it or Leave”

Krief is a prolific writer. He’s always got something on the go, always working on some new riff at Dears soundchecks. Aside from being the best guitar player I know, he is remarkably talented, and wears his influences well. Take it or Leave is mellow, a sort of mix of George Harrison, Air, Coldplay and [...]

Review: Air @ Metropolis (06/05/07)

Being a mother, or an otherwise normal with dull job, restricts the amount of “going out” time allowed. Between real-life responsibilities and early-morning wake-up cries, the life of the party seems less and less important. The extra effort to organise a stepping out this past Sunday was made for my favourite band because I thought [...]

Review: Jade McNelis “All the Fables”

I like Jade. I’d heard some rough mixes of the material on her EP, but I’d never actually sat and listened to the songs. After a good listen, I was amazed by the strength of her voice and the maturity of her song writing style. Her songs have a cabaret-style playfulness, like a liberated, unstuffy [...]

To Review or Not To Review…

The other night I was talking with Jade about how I used to be a music writer, and how when The Dears started to get serious, I found myself unable to write about music. It was a dilemma: who did I think I was, having the right to critique other people’s music? What would my [...]