Tag Archives: music
Winnipeg Folk Fest
This summer I was fortunate to be in the Prairies to catch the Winnipeg Folk Festival. The festival features a wide range of folk artists from all around the world and attracts over 70,000, people. Some of my favorites from the weekend were Christa Couture, Beats Antique (live set feat. Sidecar Tommy & David Satori), and [...]
Oberhofer – “Awy Frm U”
Spent a long dark night prowling the online streets for good new music, and came across these bonny (unsigned) lads and their infectious song Awy Frm U (also known as “Away From You”, “Away Frm U”, “Awy From U”, or any other combination of the aforementioned spellings). Oberhofer will be at the Drake Hotel on [...]
EL GUINCHO – Bombay
EL GUINCHO | Bombay from MGdM | Marc Gómez del Moral on Vimeo. This video is all sorts of amazing. Check out more great work (like this one and this one) by cinematographer Marc Gómez del Moral. You’ll see that he loves gold and eggs and making me feel new-school retro all over. Thanks to [...]
Robots and Hipsters Belong Together
LCD Soundsystem “Home” from FUNWUNCE on Vimeo.
Interviews: Akiko Stehrenberger
By: Justin Lee They say you should never judge a book by its cover. Of course, this cliché doesn’t really apply to the work of LA-based art director/illustrator Akiko Stehrenberger, who has created a plethora of exciting, iconic images for some of the best films and bands/artists of the past decade. She has worked on [...]
Hyberballad
I would have given my arm to have been there. Two legends in their own right. Björk’s citation: “The Polar Music Prize 2010 is being awarded to Icelandic artist Björk. With her deeply personal music and lyrics, her precise arrangements and her unique voice, Björk has already made an indelible mark on pop music and [...]
Deconstructing Seth
A craaazzzyyyy poster we did for that sassilicious actor/musician/radio host/comedian Seth Rudetsky as he stops in Toronto for the first time at the end of the month. To pack extra fun in the punch we collab’ed with caricature artist Shannie van Buren to bring Seth to life, so that he and all his vibrato-va-va-voom could jump [...]
The Wilderness Downtown
Every once in a while something trips us up. You’re going about your day, doing the same old thing, experiencing things the same old way; and then just like walking into a wall – BAM!, you experience something …different. Yesterday I saw something different… something that, plain and simple, made me smile. I don’t smile [...]
Face the Music
Face the Music is a totally mod (though somewhat lengthy) online quiz on… yes! British “rock” icons (although Mel B and Geri Halliwell did manage to weasel their way in here). My score was 41/64, and that was with luck majorly on my side. However limited my knowledge of Brit music history, this game from [...]
Charlie & Audrey on a Sunday afternoon.
Tickets still available for Osheaga in Montreal next weekend! And yes, Charlie Winston will be there.
