Articles by Brendan Murphy

Katie Moore

PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2007

As lame as it sounds, this was undoubtedly the "feel-good” show of the fest. With Al Tuck on before and Ramblin Jack Elliott after, the int...

Plants and Animals

PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2007

Made up of nearly equal parts transplanted Maritimers and Francophones, Plants and Animals are poised to become the next big something if w...

Spank Rock

PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2007

While their CD, YoYoYoYoYo, may not have the same stereo staying power, Spank Rock’s live show continues to evolve into the most energetic...

Sunset Rubdown

PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2007

The final night of the fest had the benefit of a partied-out, captive audience, bleary-eyed, couch dreaming and beer forcing, and Sunset Ru...

Bunny Rabbit

Lovers and Crypts

PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2007

There are as many reasons to hate this as there are, I guess, to like it, though I’m not sure which are which, or which are true and which...

Ghostface Killah

More Fish

PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2007

Coming so closely on the heels of a little joint called Fishscale, it’d be easy to naysay this album as simply scraps from Ghostface’s tabl...

Nas

Hip Hop Is Dead

PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2007

It’s clear that being a young, hungry, angry artist with nothing to lose and everything to gain does wonders for your music. Like early Bob...

Patrick Watson

Lion D’Or, Montreal QC - September 26

PUBLISHED Feb 21, 2007

For the release of his album, Close To Paradise, Patrick Watson managed to create the perfect storm of local media. Covers of alt-weeklies,...