Posts tagged "new pornographers"
Taylor on Taylor: Episode Two

Taylor on Taylor: Episode Two

Last episode, Taylor K. Brown and I, Taylor K. Long, took you through the wild world of Katy Perry, Kanye West, sci-fi, sex metaphors, R. Kelly, Fleet Foxes and Starbucks. If you missed it, you can relive the glory here. This time, the Taylors go through an in-depth personality analysis of David Lynch, and explore...

Neko Case covering Chuck Berry

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=qiKz3D1cQz0[/youtube] As the result of some sort of weird musical karma, I’m sure, ever since making a slight dig on Neko Case for acting like a diva when I saw the New Pornographers live, I’ve found myself in the mood to listen to her. (Not that I would ever really truly put down a fellow...

Destroyer @ Bowery Ballroom, Wednesday, April 23rd

Image courtesy flickr user forklift The New Pornographers put on one of the worst concerts of recent memory at the Bowery Ballroom last August. It was so unbearable that writing a review would have been like rubbing alcohol on an open wound. A.C. Newman was acting like a real prick in-between songs, talking for longer...

T-Sides’ 2007 in Review: Top 10 Songs*

More often that not, Best Albums of 2007 lists have a lot of overlap with Best Songs of 2007 lists. To make things more interesting – for both of us – instead of a list of the 10 best songs overall (many of them would be on my 10 best albums), this is a list...

T-Sides Best of 2006 Extravaganza: Top Albums & Songs

TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2006 When choosing my Top 10 albums from 2006, I considered mostly what I actually listened to. This was a particularly good year for music — one of the best in recent memory — and a lot of great albums were released. There were plenty of albums that I liked, but...

The Canadian Music Scene is Like, So Incestuous.

Swan Lake: “All Fires” (download) Hey kids, do you like Spencer Krug (Frog Eyes, Sunset Rubdown, Wolf Parade)? How about Carey Mercer (Frog Eyes)? Oh, and what about Dan Bejar (Destroyer, New Pornographers)? If you answered “yes” to 1-3 of those questions, you’re in luck. The MP3 blogging world is atwitter with the recent news...