Concert Review: Jake Bugg – Metropolis, Montreal, January 12 2014
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…
Concert review: Green Day’s American Idiot – The Musical (Montreal, January 4th 2014)
Pop punk rockers Green Day were the last band anyone expected to come up with an epic rock opera, but with 2004’s American Idiot, this is exactly what they did. That…
5 musical wishes for 2014
After looking backward at the year that just ended, I’d like to look forward to 2014, and list out 5 things I hope will come to pass in the musical…
My 10 favourite musical events of 2013
Best of lists are by definition pretentious, so I thought I’d avoid the whole argument and just go with my ten favourite moments of 2013. It’s really the same thing…
In Memoriam: Wojciech Kilar
It seems like the holiday season is always saddened by the loss of great artists. I learned today that Polish composer Wojciech Kilar passed away today at the age of…
When did Billy Squier’s The Stroke come back in style?
Back in my formative years (aka the 80’s), I devoured music videos on Much Music (Canada’s MTV) and Musique Plus (French Canadian Much Music). 1983-86 were like the Gold Rush.…
Song Lyrics in the real world: The Beatles’s Rocky Racoon
Now somewhere in the black mountain hills of Dakota There lived a young boy named Rocky Raccoon And one day his woman ran off with another guy Hit young Rocky…
Song title in the real world: Rush’s YYZ
YYZ is the airport code for Toronto’s Pearson International Airport. Rush‘s affinity for these call letters came from the fact that seeing these tags on their luggage meant that…
Concert Review: The Eagles – Montreal, November 4th 2013
There are many reasons to dislike The Eagles. Their biggest hits have been overplayed over the years. Don Henley and Glenn Frey are conceited. They were the first act to…