WORDS AND PHOTOS BY MYLES HEROD The town’s name is Rouyn-Noranda. It’s a strange, foreign-sounding mouthful with a beautiful secret. Over the course of August 29 to Sept 1, the northern Quebec community of 42,000 was transformed into a…
Marina Diamandis dreamed of one day having her own band. As the frontwoman, naturally, it would be named after her, though she’d skew her last name with creative license (as I likely just did in those opening sentences). The first…
The collective resume of The Who sadly halved to guitarist and vocalist, Pete Townshend and vocalist and guitarist (there IS a distinction) Roger Daltrey is daunting to type out despite reams of available research. More than a band, this English…
Mill Street Brewpub in Ottawa once again hosted their annual Hopped & Confused festival on August 23-24, 2019. Teaming up with Dine Alone Records, the weekend featured a lineup of stellar Canadian talent. We headed over on Aug. 23 to…
For this week’s post, I wanted to start by honouring the life and art of Neal Casal, who reportedly committed suicide on August 26. While not a household name, you’ve probably heard music that he put his hands on. Casal…
On Sunday, August 18, 2019, P!NK returned to Toronto for the first of two nights of her Beautiful Trauma Tour in the city, which were rescheduled from an earlier date due to illness. The energy in the room was electric…
To paraphrase Carl Newman as he discussed why The New Pornographers would play a show six weeks before releasing the band’s eighth album (In the Morse Code of Brake Lights), he said “Budweiser” alluding to the beer company’s sponsorship of…
Spencer Sutherland brought his soulful pop to the Rivoli in Toronto on Aug. 20, 2019, as part of the Freaking Out tour. If you’re familiar with the singer’s music, it’s safe to assume that his live show will be a pretty…