Articles by Alex Molotkow

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  Os Mutantes

  Live — Barbican Theatre, London

  PUBLISHED Jan 28, 2008

  Live records are a hard sell. Live reunion albums are less appealing still. But a double-disc set commemorating the momentous reunion of on...

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  Sons And Daughters

  This Gift

  PUBLISHED Jan 28, 2008

  Fans of Sons and Daughters’ debut EP, 2004’s Love the Cup, are bound to be disappointed. In the beginning, the Scottish foursome had the ma...

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  Katie Stelmanis

  Join Us

  PUBLISHED Jan 28, 2008

  One of the best things about Katie Stelmanis’s debut is how it doesn’t sound like Toronto. Not to disparage my beloved home (or Blocks Reco...

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  Shakin' All Over: Canadian Pop Music in the 1960s

  Gary McGroarty

  PUBLISHED Jan 25, 2008

  The remarkable thing about Shakin’ All Over — a 2006 CBC doc, recently released on DVD — is how obvious the message is. For all the iconic...

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  Baby Dee

  Safe Inside the Day

  PUBLISHED Jan 22, 2008

  Baby Dee has had an interesting career, to say the least. In addition to having worked as a circus performer, church organist and street sp...

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  Junior Senior

  Hey Hey My My Yo Yo

  PUBLISHED Dec 12, 2007

  Junior Senior’s first record, D-D-Don’t Stop the Beat felt like a night out dancing; this one feels like a day in a children’s play room. H...

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  Rebekah Higgs

  Rebekah Higgs

  PUBLISHED Dec 12, 2007

  Rebekah Higgs is talented, and she seems to know her stuff — she hops from one stylistic template to another, demonstrating a full understa...

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  Tender Forever

  Zzzzzz...

  PUBLISHED Dec 12, 2007

  Wider is a quintessentially "K” record — intentionally amateurish keyboard pop, lyrics about cuddling, kissing, and how love is better than...