Monthly Archives: September 2010

Flying Lotus

with Low Limit (of Lazer Sword), September 22 @ Fortune Sound Club

Review By Chibwe Mweene

Flying Lotus, photo by Fathima Cader

Flying Lotus, photo by Fathima Cader

As I stepped into Fortune Sound Club on a Wednesday night it was clear that people were preparing for the main event. The aroma of various recreational substances filled the place. The air was hazy and the floor was sticky, but not sticky enough to keep people on the dance floor. Read More »

Efterklang

with Buke & Gass, September 16 @ Media Club

Review By Doug MacKenzie

Efterklang, photo by Steve Louie

Efterklang, photo by Steve Louie

Buke & Gass of Brooklyn and Efterklang of Denmark filled the Media Club with wonderful music (and people eager to hear it) last Thursday. Duo Buke & Gass brought a unique brand of acoustic prog-folk. Labrynthine chord progressions, electronically-assisted pitch-shifting, vocal acrobatics and a rhythm section consisting of a bass drum with a tambourine in it—I’d never heard anything like it. They didn’t play solos, but they obviously had chops; the shifting rhythms and harmonies attested to their mastery of their chosen instruments: the electric six-string ukulele (Buke) and guitar-bass (Gass). Read More »

Black Mountain

Wilderness Heart (Outside Music)

Review by Slavko Bucifal

Black Mountain - Wilderness Heart

Black Mountain - Wilderness Heart

From classic metal to folky-synth ballads, Black Mountain’s third full-length release Wilderness Heart runs the gamut of psychedelic rock. Their sound exudes thoughts of analog tape machines, single room recording studios and ’70s acid rock. Read More »

Tin Star Orphans

The Days of Blinding Fear (Sparks Music)

Review By Miranda Martini

Tin Star Orphans worked hard on their sophomore release, The Days of Blinding Fear. It has clearly been tour-tested, reworked and produced with love. The end product is a tight, dynamic, but somehow not terribly exciting album. It’s hard to pinpoint exactly where and why the album doesn’t gel; it could be that the band set out to make an ambitious conceptual album and just overshot their ability to express it. The stark, grim ponderings on the nature of loss jar with sonically unchallenging music. Many of the riffs in their songs are reminiscent of the Arcade Fire or Wilco, but without the lushness of the former or the erudite bombast of the latter. Read More »

Boris

with Red Sparrowes, August 22 @ Rickshaw Theatre

Review By Jasper Wally

So, how popular are Boris anyway? Aren’t these supposed to be our sludge rock overlords, only leaving their island fortress (Japan) on rare occasions to destroy ears continent-wide? The same three people who brought Pink, Akuma no Uta and Heavy Rocks into the world? And yet, they didn’t even sell out the Rickshaw. Well, I suppose it was the loss of everyone who went to see those guys from the movie Once instead, because they missed out on a fantastic show. Read More »

Man Man

with Let’s Wrestle, September 9 @ Rickshaw Theatre

Review By Kaitlin McNabb

The Rickshaw is an absurd and surreal place in and of itself without the added touch of a band like Man Man. It is an old theatre displaced on the historic and run down streets of East Hastings, where the charming aspects like ripped out seating and eroding walls are nothing new. In short, it was the perfect setting for a band as mind-boggling and unreal as Man Man. Read More »

The National

with the Walkmen, September 9 @ Malkin Bowl

Review By Katherine Boothroyd

Aside from the fact that there isn’t a refreshing alcoholic beverage to be had on-site, the Malkin Bowl is one of the more pleasant outdoor venues in our fair city. The rain that had been promised held off and at 7 p.m. on the dot, the Walkmen took to the stage. Belting out a rousing version of “In the New Year”, Hamilton Leithauser proved yet again what an amazing vocalist he really is. Read More »

Rae Spoon

with Cris Derksen &Katie Caron, August 31 @ Biltmore Cabaret

Review By Andrea Bennett

The first time I saw Rae Spoon, he was playing an acoustic guitar and banjo for a group of about 30 in my friend’s backyard in Guelph, Ontario. It was an intimate setting and an intimate show—my version of what it’d be like if you were in the audience at a Jon Bon Jovi and he made eye contact with you and you swooned. Read More »

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