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I’m going to close out the week/ring in the holidays with this entirely non-seasonal video session that Dry Cleaning recorded for Bandcamp at their Oakland offices back in September. It was the first leg of their North American tour behind album number two, Stumpwork, even though the record wouldn’t be released for another month after […]
A quick but fun one today, coming out of the promotional campaign for New Order’s forthcoming Low Life: Definitive Edition box set, due out on January 27 of next year. In this clip – edited such that you wouldn’t think the four original members carries massive grievances against the others (okay, one does) – they […]
Former Lush frontwoman (and current Piroshka frontwoman) Miki Berenyi has been in the news the last little while not for anything she’s done musically – the last Piroshka record Love Drips and Gathers came out in Summer of 2021 – but for her written recollections of what she’s done musically. Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved […]
I’m just to get this out there and out of my drafts folder, and make it three Cure pieces three Fridays in a row. And they’ve all been on Fridays because, well, duh. The 30th anniversary deluxe of edition of Wish finally came out a few weeks ago – digitally and in Record Store Day […]
After a couple years’ break, Alvvays are reviving their holiday hometown stand tradition – from two nights at the Danforth in 2015, up to five nights at the Mod Club in 2017, another five at The Danforth in 2018, and back down to two nights at the much bigger History – starting tomorrow. Similarly, I […]
The first incarnation of Echo & The Bunnymen originally split in 1988 when Ian McCulloch left the band – the drama around Reverberation and Electrafixion are topics for another time – but original members McCulloch, Will Sargent, and Les Pattinson eventually found their way back together in 1997 with Evergreen. The late ’90s were not […]
I said last week that I was working on a Cure post to coincide with the 30th anniversary reissue of Wish… well this is not that. I haven’t had a chance to touch it – and probably won’t for a bit – so I will say thanks to the band for bailing me out by […]
I’m certain I’ve read more than one features where various members of Ride have offered their thoughts on various entries of their back catalog, but this one by Bandcamp is notable because it’s new, having been published just a couple weeks ago, and features commentary from all four band members. And as a bonus, it […]
Coming off of Suede’s astonishing North American tour-closing show at Massey Hall last Friday – Manics were also great, but Suede’s first Toronto show in a quarter-century owned the night – I was reminded of a time, not that long ago, when a Suede show anywhere, let alone a run of excellent new records, seemed […]
I had something I was working on to coincide with today’s release – finally! – of the deluxe reissue of The Cure’s Wish, but as long as they’ve taken to get it out apparently wasn’t quite long enough for me to finish. So, as a little stopgap while I get that done, here’s the video […]
