Articles by Blake Morneau

• 

  Scott H. Biram

  Nothin’ But Blood

  PUBLISHED Feb 4, 2014

  Much of the greatest country music happens in the bars on Saturday night and the church on Sunday morning, and few people working today emb...

• 

  Sean McCann

  Help Your Self

  PUBLISHED Jan 28, 2014

  By its very nature, the act of stepping away from the familiar is always uncomfortable. And what if what's familiar to you is being in a ba...

• 

  Reignwolf

  Lucky Bar, Victoria BC, December 27

  PUBLISHED Dec 30, 2013

  No less than three chants of "Reign-wolf! Reign-wolf!" came from the crowd in the 20 minutes preceding the first of appearance of Jordan Co...

• 

  Deltron 3030

  Alix Goolden Music Hall, Victoria BC, November 19

  PUBLISHED Nov 20, 2013

  An opening act consisting of a member of the headliner is often a bad sign, but when your group contains Kid Koala, you can't go wrong lett...

• 

  De La Soul / Buck 65

  Phillip's Brewery, Victoria BC, July 20

  PUBLISHED Jul 21, 2013

  Nova Scotia's Buck 65 took the stage behind Phillip's Brewery with little fanfare. (There wasn't even an announcement of "This right here i...

• 

  The Cat Empire / The Dirty Heads / The Expendables

  Phillip's Brewery, Victoria BC, July 19

  PUBLISHED Jul 20, 2013

  Santa Cruz's the Expendables kicked off the first Phillip's Backyard Weekender event with a fairly entertaining offering of groove-heavy re...

• 

  Morlove

  Old Tomorrow

  PUBLISHED Apr 23, 2013

  Likely the only album you're going to hear all year recorded in a geodesic dome, Morlove's second full-length, Old Tomorrow, is a densely p...

• 

  Fish & Bird / Impossible Bird

  Upstairs Cabaret, Victoria BC, April 19

  PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2013

  Partway through Seattle duo Impossible Bird's opening set of countrified acoustic surf-rock, someone mentioned that the two on stage had a...