Gypsy-pop band coming to Sound Academy leading a wave, says frontman Zach Condon. Messy-haired ukulele (“a joke at first,” he says) leads the indie-folk band Beirut. Nick Krewen Special to the Star, Published on Wed Jul 18 2012 Is brass making a comeback? Beirut’s Zach Condon certainly thinks so. At the very least, the Santa Fe band’s lead singer, songwriter and trumpet player is doing his…
Silversun Pickups share the EdgeFest 2012 main stage at Downsview Park on Saturday with Billy Talent, Death From Above 1979, the Sheepdogs and others. L.A.-based Silversun Pickups have a third album out called Neck of the Woods. They play the main stage at EdgeFest 2012. Nick Krewen Special to the Star Published on Thu Jul 12 2012 The title of Silversun Pickups’ newest album, Neck of…
Well into their sixties, veteran rockers deliver the goods – with fewer gymnastics. Nick Krewen Special to the Star Published Thu, Jun 28 2012 The last time they were at the Air Canada Centre — August 17, 2010 to be exact — Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry knocked singer Steven Tyler offstage and into the crowd to retaliate for Tyler accidentally hitting him in the head with his microphone a few…
Story by Nick Krewen | June 28, 2012 For SOCAN Words And Music. Control. It’s a treasured commodity, the ability to call your own shots, and when you consider it in the context of a recording artist in the music business, as rare as liquid plutonium. But with its fifth album Synthetica, Toronto’s Metric have achieved the unthinkable: Singer and synthesizer player Emily Haines and guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Jimmy…
Nick Krewen Special to the Star Published on Tue Jun 19 2012 Kimbra Lee Johnson is someone that you want to know. Most recognized for her cameo appearance as the female foil for Gotye on his massive smash hit “Somebody That I Used To Know” — a song that has spent the past eight weeks topping the Billboard Hot 100 — the leggy New Zealander known as Kimbra is making…
