Concert Review: The Killers – Bell Centre, Montreal – July 10 2014
The Killers were in Montreal last night for a rare arena show amongst a handful of summer festival dates. The context meant a minimal stage set relying solely on lighting…
Concert Review – Lady Gaga – Bell Centre, Montreal – July 2nd 2014
Lady Gaga brought her ArtRave tour to Montreal last night, and amazed the sold out crowd with her most mature show to date.
Album review: The Trews
Late last year, Canadian rockers The Trews launched a PledgeMusic campaign to fund their next album. Contrary to popular crowd funding site Kickstarter, PledgeMusic is more about artists building connections…
Concert Review: Iced Earth with Sabaton and ReVamp – Corona Theatre, Montreal – April 16th 2014
It was a great night of Metal at the Corona Theatre last night. Iced Earth’s Worldwide Plagues tour made a stop in Montreal to promote their latest album, Plagues of…
Concert Review: Kamelot with Delain and Eklipse – Club Soda, Montreal, September 8 2013
Symphonic and Power metal aren’t exactly my cup of tea (with a few exceptions), but my girlfriend is a big fan of Delain, and I’ve always enjoyed Kamelot and wanted…
Concert review: Guns n’ Roses – Metropolis, Montreal – July 14 2013
Guns n’ Roses current line up gets a lot of flack for not featuring the original musicians, basically being Axl Rose’s solo band. And I’m one of these people putting…
Concert Review – Muse at the Bell Centre, Montreal, April 24 2013
Muse took the stage at the Bell Centre for the last show of its two night stand in Montreal last night. When tickets went on sale last fall, a computer…
All roads lead to Sabbath: Revisiting Ozzy Osbourne’s “Speak of the Devil”
Ozzy Osbourne’s Speak of the Devil album (or Talk of the Devil if you’re in the UK) is the black sheep of his discography, having been disowned by the singer…
Album Review: Steven Wilson – The Raven That Refused to Sing
Steven Wilson is a busy man. When he’s not fronting Porcupine Tree, he’s busy remixing (sometimes in 5.1) the back catalog of King Crimson and Jethro Tull, producing/mixing for Swedish…
You know you’re old when the music of your youth becomes a musical
Yeah, I saw Rock of Ages last night. As any of my faithful readers may have guessed, my musical education happened mostly in the 80’s, with 1984 being the year…