During the process of making her new record, she was wrestling with some big questions, not the least of them being “What genre is it?” and “Who is it for?”
As a dedicated student of rock ’n’ roll, Dirty Nil frontman Luke Bentham knows there are two basic kinds of performer—the ones in danger of taking root on-stage, and the ones that show up ready to sweat.
The gestation period for the Montreal multi-instrumentalist’s solo debut was a protracted one, with almost a decade rolling by after he began working on the sprawling, organically orchestral songs.
His sets span his entire catalogue, including selections from his bands the Gaslight Anthem and Molly and the Zombies, plus tracks from his two solo LPs, 2016’s Painkillers and this year’s Sleepwalkers.
For Richie Felix Alexander and Katherine Marie Kovna, the choice to pull up stakes and cross the Strait of Georgia was an easy one. As with most decisions that involve leaving Vancouver, rental rates played a major role.
