Music
ALBUM REVIEW: The Menzingers – On the Impossible Past
Josh Kolm ARTS EDITOR hen the Menzingers burst out with Chamberlain Waits in 2010 with awe-striking punk anthems, a great deal of hype and attention followed. So how does a band approach a follow up to that, when what got them there is already a common device that falls flat...
ALBUM REVIEW: Learning – Live in a Living Room
Josh Kolm ARTS EDITOR Speaking broadly, post-rock seems to fall into one of two camps. Bands either make slow, ambient, plinky instrumental songs or highly technical, aggressive jams. While bands on both ends do have their appeal, talent and creativity, it can be easy for any single band’s work to...
Toronto’s Teenage Kicks will play Villains Beastro in Windsor on Feb. 16 • photo cameron brunt
Working full-time: Teenage Kicks on their music
Teenage Kicks work hard on their music, whether people hear it or not Josh Kolm ARTS EDITOR Music fans often think being in a rock and roll band means getting signed to a label, hitting it big and touring across the country. For a band like Toronto’s Teenage Kicks, it...
Baby Eagle & the Proud Mothers - Bone Soldiers (You've Changed Records)
ALBUM REVIEW: Baby Eagle & the Proud Mothers – Bone Soliders
Josh Kolm ARTS EDITOR When performing under his Baby Eagle moniker, Stephen Lambke’s music is characterized by numerous minimalist folk-rock trademarks; namely, his simple, dry vocals that don’t seem to suggest there is a great deal of flourish that could be added to his songs. On his fifth album, Bone...
Anna Artelejo and Sohail Azad in their home, which will house Riverside Vinyl Manufacturing • photo murad erzinclioglu
For the love of vinyl
Local couple wants to give bands the opportunity to press records Murad Erzinclioglu LANCE WRITER married Windsor couple are starting their own vinyl record manufacturing company, the city’s first. Anna Artelejo and Sohail Azad are currently building a studio and vinyl manufacturing room in home on Riverside Drive, which will...
Ron Sexsmtih brings the tour for Long Player, Late Bloomer to Windsor on Friday• photo natasha bardin
Non-household name: Ron Sexsmith is still dreaming big
After more than two decades in the game, Ron Sexsmith is still dreaming big Josh Kolm ARTS EDITOR on Sexsmith has never had any artistic qualms about his desire for success. “I never wanted to be famous: it’s just about wanting your music to be heard.” The singer-songwriter— who has...
John K. Samson - Provincial (Anti-)
ALBUM REVIEW: John K. Samson – Provincial
Josh Kolm ARTS EDITOR ohn K. Samson may well be one of Canada’s most beloved storytellers, musician or otherwise. On his first full-length solo album, Samson flexes his lyrical muscles, not so much falling back on old tropes as much as he uses them to greater effect. Samson retains his...
Dog Day - Deformer (Fundog)
ALBUM REVIEW: Dog Day – Deformer
Joe LaBine LANCE WRITER ith the release of their fifth album Deformer, couple Seth Smith and Nancy Urich stripped the original five-piece line-up of their band down to a smoking two-piece complete with home studio, and may have revived the better side of early 1990’s dream pop-punk-indie. Deformer is “self-recorded,”...
Members of the Noiseborder collective, who founded the in/fuse series of events and will be part of WCMF, perform in 2009 • photo courtesy Noiseborder Collective
Windsor Canadian Music Festival: The cure for stuffiness
Windsor Canadian Music Festival creates innovative bridges with classical music Shane Lange LANCE WRITER n the field of electronics, the clunky adapter that converts 120 volts of electricity from a standard wall socket into a lower voltage that won’t fry a smartphone or laptop is called an “unregulated power supply.”...
The Hypnotics - Static Fuzz Radio
ALBUM REVIEW: The Hypnotics – Static Fuzz Radio
Josh Kolm ARTS EDITOR heir reputation and first EP may have pigeonholed the Hypnotics as a garage-rock band— which they are, with their guitar driven melodies and shouting vocals. But on Static Fuzz Radio, they manage to find a lot of creative wiggle room within that definition. Ranging from Buzzcocks-meets-Ramones...
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