Now this was a great little band that just sort of disappeared. The Now Time Delegation was Tim Kerr’s project with Alex Cuervo when the King Sound Quartet fell apart. Fantastic garage-soul stuff with vocals by the BellRays’ Lisa Kekaula and a surprisingly tight band of veterans from a number of projects. They released Watch […]
To be a punk band at this level of popularity is to wear a fairly big target. While the Dropkick Murphys’ detractors are inevitable, they seem to be some of the most simultaneously vocal and hopelessly irrational around. The Murphys, tough working class exterior aside, have always seemed conscious of this. Looking back on their […]
It seems that there’s been a lot of chatter about the Hold Steady of late, particularly for their latest Frenchkiss full length Separation Sunday. The second record from former Lifter Puller vocalist Craig Finn and company should appeal to anyone who found the Replacements’ slurred attack so charming. AllMusic describes them […]
In the last week of April I caught up with Winnipeg’s Greg MacPherson on his tour in support of his latest record Night Flares. He and his band, a touring line up featuring guitarist / bassist Mike Germain and Propagandhi drummer Jord Samolesky, rolled into Guelph a week too late. Exams had wrapped up and […]
