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NXNE: Majical Cloudz in pursuit of the perfect song

Majical Cloudz bring brooding sound to NXNE for Saturday gig at the BLK BOX By: Nick Krewen Music, Published on Fri Jun 14 2013     Sparse has rarely sounded so satiating. Of the numerous adjectives used to describe the brooding, intense music on Majical Cloudz’ new full-length platter Impersonator, its relative lack of instrumentation and arrangement has drawn the most attention when garnering praise from music critic circles. CBC…


Queens of the Stone Age jettison old sound…Like Clockwork

Queens Of The Stone Age torch old sound …Like Clockwork Admirers used to Queens Of The Stone Age’s usual driving heavy metal crunch will be in for a shock Published on Tue Jun 04 2013   Rock Queens Of The Stone Age …Like Clockwork (Matador/Beggar’s Banquet) 3 stars The winds of change are blowing all over …Like Clockwork, the seventh Queens of the Stone Age album, and first in six…


John Fogerty gets some help on Wrote A Song For Everyone: album review

Guest list for Wrote A Song For Everyone includes Foo Fighters, My Morning Jacket, Kid Rock and Tom Morello By: Nick Krewen Music, Published on Tue May 28 2013 Rock John Fogerty Wrote A Song For Everyone (Vanguard/Universal) 3 stars One of the most prolific — and important — rock ‘n’ roll writers of the 1960s, John Fogerty spat out hits like nails for the five years he fronted California…


Fall Out Boy: Concert review

Fall Out Boy put on a high-octane performance at the Sound Academy in the Chicago rockers’ first Toronto appearance in four years. By: Nick Krewen Music, Published on Sat May 25 2013 Fall Out Boy 3.5 stars Sound Academy at May 24. Fall Out Boy dished some unexpected razzing at Mayor Rob Ford at the Sound Academy on Friday night. Six songs into their taut 90-minute set, the Chicago rockers’…


Laura Jane Grace, Lucas Silveira Have Found A New Identity

  Artists have successfully transformed their careers and lives as transgendered musicians NICK KREWEN GRAMMYS   MAY 15, 2017 – 2:36 AM GRAMMY.com To say that Laura Jane Grace has had an eventful year would be an understatement. Until May 2012, she was known to the world as Tom Gabel, lead singer, songwriter and guitarist for Florida punk band Against Me! Then she openly announced her name change, that she…