Concert review – Lady Gaga, Bell Centre, Montreal, February 11 2013
Last night, Lady Gaga brought her Born This Way Ball to Montreal, 2 years to the day after the release of the single. I saw her on the tail end…
It was 49 years ago today…
It was 49 years ago today that The Beatles first appeared on the Ed Sullivan show. Their first US appearance broke TV viewership records and launched the British Invasion in…
You never forget your first… record. Or “How a record changed the course of my life”
I got into rock at a very young age. I was 5 or 6 years old when my parents let me play records on an old portable turntable. I played…
7 rock concert clichés that need to die
The Internet is full of articles about annoying behaviour from concert goers. I agree in the most part, but I’d like today to reverse the angle and look at annoying…
The Bob Dylan Cover Theory
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…
2012 in review
I’ve been doing this blog since September, and I’m quite amazed by the amount of traffic I’ve had in 4 months! Thank you all for reading me, I hope you’ll…
My musical highlights for 2012
End of year means an avalanche of Top Ten lists coming your way from every direction. While the temptation was strong to join the ranks of hipsters around the world…
The album: are reports of its death exaggerated or even relevant?
Are albums still relevant? This week, one of the last holdout bands showed up on iTunes. AC/DC had refused to have their music sold digitally for years. but finally made…
Concert Review: The Trews – Le Belmont, Montreal, November 24 2012
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…
Concert Review: The Who – Bell Centre, Montreal, November 20 2012
The Who were one of the last remaining bands on my “To See” list. But, for some reason, I wasn’t going to catch them last night. Nevermind the fact that they haven’t…