Esthero is still working on it | Toronto Star Writer, Kanye collaborator and notorious perfectionist back for hometown show HANDOUT PHOTO “My intent is to debut as much new music as possible,” says Esthero of her Lee’s Palace gig. Nick Krewen SPECIAL TO THE STAR, Published on Sun Jun 27 2010 The drought is almost over. Esthero admirers who have been jonesing for some new music ever since 2005’s Wikked…
Saturday’s concert at Olympic Island had an enviable conclusion, and some unfortunate openers. Nick Krewen Special to the Star, Published on Mon Jun 21 2010 Playing to the hometown crowd has its advantages. While Saturday’s Olympic Island Festival 2010 concert marathon headlined by Pavement may have marked the return of the influential New York lo-fi cult legends to Canada, there was no mistaking that this was Broken Social Scene’s party….
Entertainment / Music If you think the TV series Lost is cryptic and enigmatic, get a load of The Residents. Nick Krewen Special To The Star, Published on Sat Feb 13 2010 If you think the TV series Lost is cryptic and enigmatic, get a load of The Residents. For 38 years, the avant-garde California-based performance art collective – they’re most familiar to the masses as eyeballs dressed in top hats and…
John Mayer stepped on the Sound Academy stage last night secure in the knowledge that Battle Studies , his first full-fledged studio album since 2006’s Continuum , will be the No.1 when the Billboard charts are updated on Thursday on the strength of over 300,000 copies sold in the U.S. Nick Krewen Special To The Star, Wed Nov 25 2009 John Mayer stepped on the Sound Academy stage last night…
Matthew Good isn’t afraid to wear his heart on his sleeve. SUPPLIED PHOTO West-coast musician and activist Matthew Good, 38, has a reputation for being outspoken about social problems. With ‘Vancouver,’ his eighth album of original material in 14 years, Good is true to form. Nick Krewen Special to the Star, Tue Oct 06 2009 Matthew Good isn’t afraid to wear his heart on his sleeve. On Vancouver, in stores…
