Owen Pallett’s highly anticipated follow-up to He Poos CloudsHe Poos Clouds reviews found it’s way onto shelves last week (January 12th).  Across Canada, fans finally began their journey through Pallett’s conjured-up world of Spectrum, with help from the album’s narrator Lewis; HeartlandHeartland reviews is a concept album narrated by a farmer named Lewis as he comes [...]

I’ve got a quick Christmas Eve post for everyone today, before the circus known as the Ukrainian Christmas Feast begins at my family’s place.  With all the recent hoopla surrounding a possible Arcade Fire release in 2010, now seems like a good time to post another tune from the band.  If you haven’t heard the aforementioned hoopla, [...]

Calgary officially has a winter storm warning in effect, which means the 5 minute drive home from work took a staggering 90 minutes today.  This is a significant difference.  In honor of the weather outside, I’ve decided to post one of my favorites from the Canadian indie-rock collective Broken Social SceneBroken Social Scene reviews.  I [...]

Julie and I were lucky enough to catch Final Fantasy last night, during the Sled Island festival here in Calgary (Thanks to Drew for setting us up with passes).  As it was my first time seeing him live, I wasn’t sure what to expect from the one-man band consisting of a violin, synthesizer, microphone, and loop box.  [...]

While recovering from the gnarliest flu I’ve had in about 10 years, a buddy sent me a text telling me to check out this tune.  It may have been the fever induced hallucinations, or the absurd amount of medication coursing through my veins, but something set me off and I instantly fell in love with [...]

So the Flames lost game 2 of their series against the Blackhawks last night, and are now down 2-0.  It has taken me 24 hours to mentally recover to the point where I can post a song, without it turning into a rant about how much I hate hockey.  Tonight’s tune comes from, in my [...]