Author Archives: kbt101

Continuing Adventures of the Centaur

Posted on May 16, 2013

If you think Buck 65 has been taking it easy for the last couple years, you just haven’t been looking close enough. In fact, he’s never been busier. The genre-bending hip-hop cipher has several pots on the fire and a … Continue reading →

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Colin Stetson’s High Art

Posted on May 2, 2013

We’re in this subterranean black box at the MAC, sitting on our coats in front of a stage that’s elevated just above ground level. The ancient, monstrous bass saxophone sits obediently on its perch, beside its dwarfed alto counterpart. Light streams … Continue reading →

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Not Musical Tourism

Posted on April 2, 2013

Suuns make the kind of music that will burrow inside your head, nesting in your subconscious only to emerge when you least expect it. They toe the line between drone and dance, often falling into one or the other. Their … Continue reading →

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The Animals Come Out to Play

Posted on March 10, 2013

We’re adorned in feathers and beads, at our own indoor Woodstock in Metropolis. Everyone’s smiling, soaking the music into our skin. The lights aren’t quite dimmed yet as Dan Deacon plays master of ceremonies, raving about forests of hair with … Continue reading →

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Broken Black Diamonds

Posted on February 5, 2013

Before his set at Casa Del Popolo, Patrick Krief played an acoustic version of “Lost in Japan” for us in his Côte Saint-Luc home. It’s a song about his time in that country, where he felt the strongest sense of Lost … Continue reading →

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Warming the Room

Posted on January 31, 2013

The trees outside Mile End’s Salon Sweet William shuddered in a frigid wind, but inside Maerin Hunting warmed the room with an intimate performance of “I’ll Tell Ya,” a song telling a story from the perspective of a former crush, … Continue reading →

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This is a Celebration

Posted on January 3, 2013

The music industry needs bands like Japandroids to make it big. They’ve steered away from overproduced music but still make it incredibly catchy. They shine a light on Vancouver’s often-ignored music scene, a city seemingly caught in an identity crisis … Continue reading →

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Coastal Country

Posted on December 23, 2012

Before hitting the stage at Divan Orange during their last Canadian tour, Victoria’s Current Swell played a little acoustic set at Café Santropol . They played a stripped-down version of “I Wanna Bird,” their soulful tune inspired by Taj Mahal’s … Continue reading →

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