by Sean Passmore | Mar 30, 2019 | Album of the Week
As Josh Ramsay nears the 20-year mark in a gig which began at the tender age of 16 with the 2001 recording of the self-titled debut EP from Marianas Trench, one can safely say the 33-year-old Vancouver native is now, without question, the undisputed leader of the...
by Sean Passmore | Mar 9, 2019 | Album of the Week
People of a certain age are most likely to know Steve Mason from his Beta Band inspired Hollywood moment in the 2000 movie High Fidelity adapted from the 1995 Nick Hornby novel of the same name. In a scene typical of pre-millennial record store culture of the day shop...
by Sean Passmore | Mar 3, 2019 | Album of the Week
It’s been close to a decade now since So-Cal punk band FIDLAR, acronym for the skate culture mantra Fuck It Dog Life’s A Risk, first began to make some noise. Formed in 2009 by brothers Elvis (guitar/vocals) and Max Kuehn (drums), sons of longtime LA musician Gary...
by Sean Passmore | Feb 18, 2019 | Album of the Week
Flamingo Pier is a self-professed crew of music makers, DJs and artists whose livelihood depends on throwing wildly extravagant dance parties in specialized unique locales. Part brand, part band the New Zealand music collective comprised of DJs Luke Walker, Dominic...
by Sean Passmore | Feb 13, 2019 | Album of the Week
Award winning Prince Edward Island based graphic designer Paul Atwood recently expanded the focus of his art from the visual to the musical through a steady flow of releases made available on his Bandcamp page. Admittedly not a winter person, Atwood explained...
by Sean Passmore | Jan 19, 2019 | Album of the Week
For his 19th studio album in 40 years piano pop punk pioneer Joe Jackson dishes up eight sophisticated compositions informed by first generation punk rock circa ‘77 and Steely Dan. Contradictory mix? That’s Joe Jackson. Falling somewhere between Beat Crazy (1980) and...
