I was lucky enough to catch the last half of The King Khan & BBQ Show during this year’s Sled Island festival; We were actually at the bar to check out the grease-kings themselves Monotonix.  The Canadian band has this really cool doo-wop/punk/garage-rock feel that made me think I was at a really sweaty Buddy Holly [...]

Julie and I started working on a song today, tentatively titled Happy Friday.  So far, we have “It’s Fridayyyyyyyyyyy” down on paper; We will keep everyone posted on where this goes.  I’ve got a great track to close out the work week this afternoon from the Vancouver progressive/indie-rock band Bend Sinister.  Since forming in 2001, the [...]

Once again, the Calgary Sled Island music festival caught me off guard and opened my eyes to another fantastic band.  Chris and I (and Dave) were fortunate enough to see The Breeders live at Olympic Plaza, and boy was it something.  The combination of dual female vocals and an awesome stage presence made for a great [...]

Julie and I have been hitting Calgary’s Sled Island festival pretty hard this week, and I’ve got some information to report.  Said information will be presented in point form, as my head hurts too much to string together well-formed sentences:

Final Fantasy, as mentioned in my last post, is a genius.
Japandroids put on a great show Thursday night; 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.  [...]