When Tokyo Police Club burst onto the scene, the group was immediately burdened with ridiculous hype. It’s not that the band didn’t make great tunes, but the level of expectation heaped on the Canadian quartet would be enough to suffocate most any band’s creativity. The people throwing the buzz around clearly lost sight of what [...]
Future Breeds – Hot Hot Heat
Since the brilliant one-two punch of Make Up The Breakdown and Elevator, Hot Hot Heat has had a rough go of it. Guitarist/songwriter Dante DeCaro left the band due to creative differences (eventually landing in Wolf Parade), and the the band’s first effort without him, Happiness Ltd., was the antithesis of absolutely abysmal major label [...]
White Crosses – Against Me!
No band rivals Against Me! in terms of the amount of abuse it takes from its own fanbase. The same people that listened to Reinventing Axl Rose until they knew every syllable and note by heart, have spent much of the past few years venomously spitting words like “hypocrite,” “sell-out,” and “fake” at Against Me! [...]
Emery Feature From The Inlander
Sugar High Critics can’t hurt Emery — they do enough damage to themselves. Josh Head has a standing-still problem. As the keyboardist for Emery, his stage performance is akin to what it would be like if you gave a 5-year-old boy 50 Pixie sticks and demanded he down them all in 10 minutes. It’s an [...]
Sasquatch! Festival 2010 Day 2 Recap – Bullet Point Edition
Because when there really wasn’t a coherent thread, why force one? Here’s a look back on the one day of Sasquatch! Festival that I trekked out to this year, complete with color pictures. Caribou is exactly the type of band that should play the first set of a festival day. The group was the first [...]
