Five years later, I still find myself smitten by the story of a guy, a girl, and the beautiful music they make.
BIG EASY EXPRESS plays Hot Docs
Some great young musicians ride the rails and churn out some wonderful tunes as they do.
Rock N’ Roll Ghost: COLOR ME OBSESSED Plays NXNE
Rock docs are a dime a dozen. Every week there is a new one; some getting a full-scale theatrical release, some created on the sham of what now passes for music television. They can range in scope from the creation of one particular album, to encapsulating an entire career. With all of that in mind,…
Thieves Like Us: HIGH ON HOPE Plays NXNE
I was never one for rave culture. To me the notion of spending the 1990’s listening to repetitive music, in rooms that is an abandoned warehouse by day, surrounded by drug-dropping drama queens is akin to a ten-year root canal. But after watching HIGH ON HOPE, I’m able to see where my theory is flawed.…
Lord, Take My Hand: YOU CAN’T SING IT FOR THEM Plays NXNE
When we come to know something as an institution, the temptation is not to tinker with it. After all, the very nature of an institution is something that is steady…lasting…constant. The problem with that line of thinking is that those steady, constant ideas can find themselves irrelevant if they don’t adapt. Institutions can be as…
Haunting You: BETTER THAN SOMETHING – JAY REATARD plays NXNE
Jay Reatard is a hard person to sum up in so many words. There’s a lot about him that seems warm, forthcoming and joyful. On the other hand there are things that he’s done that make him seem maladjusted, standoffish, or an outright jerk. The truth is somewhere in between and it seems to be…
Hard Time: LOVE SHINES Plays Hot Docs
Elton John once said that some musicians are born into the wrong era; that there are many artists on the scene right now (and more from the past) that would have done immensely better commercially had they been playing to an audience with a different sensibility. While Sir Elton might not have named him specifically,…