Music Features

With Efterklang itâ��s the music that matters

With Efterklang it’s the music that matters

By Alexander Varty | March 11, 2010

Written down on paper, an Efterklang lyric might seem banal. But in the context of an Efterklang song, lyricist Casper Clausen’s words read more like a map than a novel.

Sagapool expands its sound

By Alexander Varty | March 11, 2010

Luzio Altobelli is excited about the music he’s going to play on his band Sagapool’s West Coast tour. And just as stimulating, he says, will be the sounds he’s going to get to listen to.

Little Boots, big pop hooks

By Mike Usinger | March 4, 2010

If the pop-culture soothsayers are correct in their predictions, 2010 will be the year Victoria Christina Hesketh takes over the world. Or, at least gives Lady Gaga some competition in the glitz-pop sweepstakes.

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A Sunny Day in Glasgow does dreamy pop

By John Lucas | March 4, 2010

No one could ever accuse A Sunny Day in Glasgow of lacking ambition.

Dark themes, English folk shaped Midlake's latest

By John Lucas | March 4, 2010

If you're looking for a record that will make you feel proud to be a part of the human family and that will affirm our species' place in the great circle of life on this planet, The Courage of Others is not for you.

Inner Circle revives rasta vibe of reggae's glory days

By Sarah Rowland | March 4, 2010

The easygoing, spiritually enlightened musicians in Inner Circle never really were all that bad-ass.

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New drummer reignited Black Rebel Motorcycle Club's creative fires

By John Lucas | March 4, 2010

When the Straight catches up with Robert Levon Been, the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club frontman is at a Los Angeles rehearsal space, where the trio is preparing for a tour that will keep it on the road until the middle of May.

Rainy days and distance gave Basia Bulat ideas

By Alexander Varty | March 4, 2010

Sometimes, a storm is just a storm.

Chain and the Gang's Ian Svenonius loves to talk

By Gregory Adams | March 4, 2010

Halfway through Chain and the Gang's debut disc, the fantastically funky Down With Liberty…Up With Chains!, vocalist Ian Svenonius lets listeners in on what his band is all about.

The Strange Boys sound like a weird jamboree

By Jenny Charlesworth | March 4, 2010

According to U.K. paper the Guardian, the Strange Boys “make the White Stripes sound like Muse”. But is this a good thing?

LiveCity Vancouver brought a musical party of Olympic proportions

By Travis Lupick | March 3, 2010

For 18 days, two of Vancouver's loudest Olympic celebration sites brought good times to no-fun city.

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The end of El Perro Del Mar’s romance

By Mike Usinger | February 25, 2010

There’s no such thing as a good breakup, but that didn’t stop Sarah Assbring from turning the end of a long-term relationship into something crazily beautiful on Love Is Not Pop.

With a major buzz building, Burns is on fire

By Deena Cox | February 25, 2010

Emerging as the remixer of the moment in the U.K., Burns is the one-name wonder who’s rolling off the tongues of respected industry veterans and insatiable music bloggers alike.

We Were Promised Jetpacks makes distinctly Scottish rock

By John Lucas | February 25, 2010

The members of Glasgow’s We Were Promised Jetpacks are still in their early 20s, but the band isn’t a new endeavour.

Crystal Magnetsâ�� collaboration was 20 years in the making

Crystal Magnets’ collaboration was 20 years in the making

By Alexander Varty | February 25, 2010

Benoît Delbecq and Andy Milne are tired. But within seconds of picking up the phone at Milne’s Pennsylvania abode, the two collaborators are audibly beaming.