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Mar 17, 2011
Keep on Battling, Yoshimi
I've been trying to decide what this article should be about for three months now. Should I write about The Flaming Lips as a band? Should I just focus on Fight Test, which is... read more
Dec 29, 2010
Because the radio played
So Alyx previously posted about Hugh Dillon and his new album Works Well With Others, which I absolutely adore. But there’s been exciting news on the Hugh Dillon front that has me feeling nostalgic, and I want to take a moment to post about his first band, the Headstones. The Headstones were a 90s Canadian hard rock band (according to Wikipedia, they were active from the late 80s to 2003), and they... read more
Nov 22, 2010
Hugh Dillon: Canada’s finest Joe
I'm on another ramble through Canadiana today, starting with the reasonably okay and working upward to utter greatness: I have been known to watch and enjoy the very occasional... read more
Sep 17, 2010
Oh, Ontario. Oh, Jennifer Jason Leigh.
First off, let me say that I don’t know anything about the Weakerthans. They’re Canadian, I guess? They could be the most obscure indie rock band ever, or they could be so huge that everyone reading this is going to punch a kitten if they hear that damn Weakerthans song one more time. I guess I just don’t keep up that much any more. But you know that band you loved until you found out... read more
