Given the chance to schedule things all over again, Chicago’s Smith Westerns might have wisely decided to pencil in an R & R day instead of a gig at the Media Club.
Whoever coined the all-too-appropriate phrase “let the games begin” probably wasn’t thinking about the epic battle that played out between Canada and the United States at the Queen E on Thursday night, but it’s hard to imagine a more gripping contest—even on ice.
The annual Red Bull Thre3Style has become the iPod era’s definitive DJ competition, crystallizing the pleasure-seeking, mix ’n’ match ethos of 21st-century nightlife.
Three Days Grace may have been named rock artist of the year by Billboard in 2007, but it’s 2010 and I’m afraid the mall-metal quartet may be overestimating its draw.
Whatever was on the minds of the seven or eight people who walked out during the course of the performance, Jandek’s sold-out show at the Scotiabank Dance Centre on December 7 was some kind of landmark event.
Dance. It doesn’t matter how painfully awkward your moves are, what kind of window-licking face you pull when you’re getting down, or how little rhythm you have—just move your body on the dance floor.