This was Jake Bugg’s 3rd Montreal show in 6 months: he played the Osheaga Festival last August, then played a sold out show at the Corona Theatre in September (about 1000 seats) and now sold out the 2200 seater for another headline gig, this time promoting his latest album Shangri La.
You all know the joke: AC/DC’s been making the same album over and over again for 40 years. While a gross exaggeration, it is true that the band has mostly stuck to one successful recipe since pretty much their formation. You’ll never get an unplugged album from them, or a collection of big band…
I have a love/hate relationship with the music of Bob Dylan. Likewise with covers. I hate covers that twist around a song just to make it different. Toad the Wet Sprocket once did a cover of KISS’s Rock n Roll All Nite as a ballad (check it out here). Very clever but it doesn’t work for…
I discovered The Trews in 2005 when they opened for Robert Plant on his Mighty Rearranger tour. I didn’t know them, and didn’t have the chance to check them out beforehand, but I always try to catch the opening acts. Even though I’m bored 90% of the time, it’s that 1 in 10, or 1…