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Ceci est mon amant Adam. Il goûte comme les fraises, les pêches, et la girafe.

These few weeks have been guest weeks for Music Monday, YES! Today’s is coming from Adam Shanley. Adam Shanley is a musician currently residing in western New York, 430 miles West of New York City. He earned Masters degrees from the State University of New York at Fredonia in Music Theory/Composition and Classical guitar performance and is currently applying to doctoral programs in Music Theory. He writes a blog at quartertonality.com and some of his reviews can also be found at groovemine.com. Adam has also written surveys of 20th Century concert music for the Directory of Recorded American Music. In addition to writing projects Adam is currently working on a… Read More »Ceci est mon amant Adam. Il goûte comme les fraises, les pêches, et la girafe.

Lennon Naked

I recently reviewed the film Nowhere Boy, the prequel to Backbeat. In my review I stated: Now it’s been a long time since I’ve seen Backbeat, but if I recall, the band went on to be rather big, maybe it’s time for a sequel studying that part of their career. This film did just that. The film starts in 1964, when John Lennon meets his father for the first time in 17 years. While Nowhere Boy examined Lennon’s relationship with his mother, Lennon Naked is about his relationship with his father. The film follows some key events in the life of Lennon’s up until 1971 when Lennon and his wife Yoko… Read More »Lennon Naked

Music Roundup

I’ve been buying records like crazy over the past month or so, and I haven’t written about any. HERE WE GO… Belmundo Regal by Radio Radio This hip-hop trio from Nova Scotia rap in the Chiac dialect of Acadian French. Chiac mixes French with words and phrases of the more prominent English. This leads to lyrics such as: Canned tuna, caviar ∙ Michelina, superstar ∙ Marcher sur la Main ∙ Ou marcher sur la ∙ I don’t know ∙ Ini mini miny moe ∙ C’est qui c’qui veut du Jello ? ∙ Si ton sport c’est du vélo ∙ Ben come on baby hello ∙ Saute, danse autour de la… Read More »Music Roundup

Belle & Sebastian Write About Love

Belle & Sebastian’s latest record Write About Love was released last month. I’ve had some time to digest it, so here we go, a time to look at what might be the worst Belle & Sebastian album since Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like A Peasant… I Didn’t See It Coming Like most Belle & Sebastian albums, Write About Love starts off strong with Sarah Martin’s “I Didn’t See It Coming.” This might be the first record of theirs not started with a Stuart Murdoch song. Certainly strange, but the song. It’s a slow moving song with lead vocals by Martin, and backing vocals from Murdoch. The one thing… Read More »Belle & Sebastian Write About Love

Vos seins sont grandes et belles, comme un gendarme à cheval dans la toundra grand Canadien.

The following few weeks worth of Music Mondays will be guest posts. This edition of Music Monday is devoted to unlikely collaborations.  So many people get caught up in defining their musical tastes based on genre and era when in reality there’s more common ground than you would think.  If you look around, you will see that musicians from completely different backgrounds can join forces to create magical results. Look no further than Jeff Tweedy & Mavis Staples.  Who knew that a formula involving the Wilco frontman and a soul/gospel legend could work?  It’s a testament to Tweedy’s strengths as a songwriter that “You Are Not Alone” works just as… Read More »Vos seins sont grandes et belles, comme un gendarme à cheval dans la toundra grand Canadien.

The End of Stillepost.ca

With the upcoming demise of Stillepost.ca (funeral details are found here) Toronto will be losing an incredible resource for show listings. Hell, that’s the majority of what I use the site for. So, do you people want to pick up the slack? I’m willing to shell out for the domain, and cover hosting, if you kids are willing to help me with content. What say you? I figure a simple WordPress install, with one page of listings, and that’s it. A handful of admins, and people can comment like they did before to add shows. What’s the domain? Thoughts?

Dan Mangan at Trinity St. Paul’s United Church

… and Reverend Mangan came down from the stage and spoketh to the assembled crowd. As he walked through the aisle, the crowd repeated his words back to him, over and over again, and it was good, for “Robots need love, too; they want to be loved by you!” The night started out poorly, as someone working for what I’d guess to be either the venue, or Collective Concerts would not let me into the Church with my camera. Apparently pro1 camera equipment was not allowed if you didn’t have a photo pass. Something that more than pissed me off, as I was eager to photograph Dan Mangan, at my… Read More »Dan Mangan at Trinity St. Paul’s United Church