THE WEEPIES-“Hideaway”

Indie pop folk. Or is it folky indiepop? Indie folk pop? The Weepies fit all three of these categories. We can emphasis the pop, the indie, or the folk, and different songs on “Hideaway” will fit the appropriate accent. “Wish I Could Forget” is a great example of the band’s sound. It feels like it [...]

HELLO TOKYO-“Sell The Stars”

I’m going to avoid the obvious comparison to No Doubt, and instead say that Hello Tokyo’s, “Sell the Stars” features a female vocalist (Kat Kihler) who murmurs and explodes, alternately, in disaffected, shrill passion. It’s the chick version of the same style made classic by The Rolling Stones and made current by Dave Grohl, but [...]

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LYKKE LI-“Youth Novels”

I’m having trouble finding out much about Li Lykke Timotej Zachrisson (stage name “Lykke Li”). I received her “Little Bit” EP in the mail, without much fanfare, and I really like it. I’ve also been able to locate streams of her debut, “Youth Novels” (two songs from the album are also on the EP), which [...]

DL INCOGNITO-“A Captured Moment In Time”

Underground rapper DL Incognito, a Juno-nominee who’s been in the biz for ten years, just dropped his fourth record, “A Captured Moment in Time,” on his own Nine Planets label. Canada, like Britain, has never really mastered the rap game (K-Os is the exception, and Kardinal Offishall isn’t bad but isn’t great), so it’s especially [...]

PICTURE OF THE DAY: Wedding cake edition

And because I love anything with zombies, the zombie cake topper: