http://www.straight.com/content/rss/Music en http://www.straight.com/article-173130/new-low-video-santas-coming-over Is it just me, or does this song make Santa's imminent arrival seem like a horrifying prospect? 173130 at http://www.straight.com/article-173130/new-low-video-santas-coming-over Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:36:00 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-173130/new-low-video-santas-coming-over#comments Music http://www.straight.com/article-173109/musical-advent-calendar-day-1 Every day between now and Christmas, I'll be posting a different holiday-themed music video. Please check back each day for something new. Let's start off with one of the all-time classics: "White Ch 173109 at http://www.straight.com/article-173109/musical-advent-calendar-day-1 Sat, 29 Nov 2008 12:46:00 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-173109/musical-advent-calendar-day-1#comments Music http://www.straight.com/article-173107/acdc-gives-vancouver-brainnumbing-ride At a Friday-night show at GM Place that sold out months ago, the Aussie vets of AC/DC boarded the train to hard-rock heaven with an enormous inflatable ’ho and a flashy pair of AC/DC underpants. 173107 at http://www.straight.com/article-173107/acdc-gives-vancouver-brainnumbing-ride Sat, 29 Nov 2008 11:39:22 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-173107/acdc-gives-vancouver-brainnumbing-ride#comments Music http://www.straight.com/article-172394/once-more-feeling Martha Wainwright’s latest album is dark and tumultuous, but the singer says she's never felt happier. 172394 at http://www.straight.com/article-172394/once-more-feeling Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:27:18 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-172394/once-more-feeling#comments Music http://www.straight.com/article-172408/sword-makes-deep-cuts Austin, Texas– based retro-metal quartet The Sword channel old-school metal on their latest release, Gods of the Earth. 172408 at http://www.straight.com/article-172408/sword-makes-deep-cuts Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:53:43 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-172408/sword-makes-deep-cuts#comments Music http://www.straight.com/article-172409/answer-upholds-irish-guitarrock-tradition Retro or not, the Answer is proud as hell to carry on the venerable tradition of Irish guitar-rock. 172409 at http://www.straight.com/article-172409/answer-upholds-irish-guitarrock-tradition Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:12:23 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-172409/answer-upholds-irish-guitarrock-tradition#comments Music http://www.straight.com/article-172410/three-6-mafias-crunk-architects-deal-dread With their relentlessly macabre lyrics and gothic production style, the members of Memphis, Tennessee’s Three 6 Mafia have always made average gangster rappers sound like choirboys. 172410 at http://www.straight.com/article-172410/three-6-mafias-crunk-architects-deal-dread Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:15:28 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-172410/three-6-mafias-crunk-architects-deal-dread#comments Music http://www.straight.com/article-172412/uks-eclectic-herbaliser-refuses-be-retro When last we caught up with the Herbaliser in 2005, bandleader Jake Wherry was in a terrible funk. Having just released an album, Take London, that debuted at number 126 on the U.K. charts, the Engl 172412 at http://www.straight.com/article-172412/uks-eclectic-herbaliser-refuses-be-retro Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:16:49 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-172412/uks-eclectic-herbaliser-refuses-be-retro#comments Music http://www.straight.com/article-172414/plumb-got-trial-fire-shooglenifty Luke Plumb had been playing traditional Celtic tunes in pub sessions in Australia for just three years when he received a challenge he couldn’t refuse—to play mandolin for the "hypnofolkadelic" dance band Shooglenifty. 172414 at http://www.straight.com/article-172414/plumb-got-trial-fire-shooglenifty Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:18:00 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-172414/plumb-got-trial-fire-shooglenifty#comments Music http://www.straight.com/article-172415/tos-flash-lightnin-keeps-its-boogieblues-simple The Canadian winter—or even the late fall—can make things difficult for indie-minded rock bands trying to get around. Just ask Darren Glover, singer-guitarist for Toronto blues-rock trio Flash Lightnin’. 172415 at http://www.straight.com/article-172415/tos-flash-lightnin-keeps-its-boogieblues-simple Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:23:43 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-172415/tos-flash-lightnin-keeps-its-boogieblues-simple#comments Music http://www.straight.com/article-172420/mother-mother-takes-heart Judging by Mother Mother's newest album, the still-young act is on its way to becoming one of the most interesting bands in the city, if not the country. 172420 at http://www.straight.com/article-172420/mother-mother-takes-heart Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:26:45 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-172420/mother-mother-takes-heart#comments Music http://www.straight.com/article-172395/transmission-targets-punters The three-day Transmission conference invites 200 international music-industry delegates to explore the new global music economy as well as offering three nights of music open to the public. 172395 at http://www.straight.com/article-172395/transmission-targets-punters Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:47:37 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-172395/transmission-targets-punters#comments Music http://www.straight.com/article-172398/organ-chicks-open-henhouse Visiting Toronto anytime soon? You might want to drop in at the Henhouse, a downtown restaurant-bar owned and operated by Vancouver expats Katie Sketch and Jenny Smyth of the late, much-missed local act the Organ. 172398 at http://www.straight.com/article-172398/organ-chicks-open-henhouse Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:49:46 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-172398/organ-chicks-open-henhouse#comments Music http://www.straight.com/article-172399/nard-misses-juno-nod Comedian Russell Peters will return to host the Juno Awards ceremony on March 29 at GM Place, a disappointment to the 820 members of the “Make Nardwuar the Human Serviette the Host of the 2009 Juno Awards” Facebook group. 172399 at http://www.straight.com/article-172399/nard-misses-juno-nod Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:52:24 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-172399/nard-misses-juno-nod#comments Music http://www.straight.com/article-172428/acdc-wears-stupidity-badge-honour Haven’t grown up much since the days when getting loaded, getting laid, and cutting shop class were all that mattered? That’s all right, you’re not alone. 172428 at http://www.straight.com/article-172428/acdc-wears-stupidity-badge-honour Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:49:54 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-172428/acdc-wears-stupidity-badge-honour#comments Music