Articles by Chris Boutet

Dog Day Afternoon

Fort York, Toronto, ON - July 15, 2006

PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2006

The weather was appropriately scorching as hundreds of festival-goers packed into historic Fort York for the first annual Dog Day Afternoon...

Blood Meridian

Kick Up the Dust

PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2006

In the opening seconds of Kick Up the Dust, you’ll hear singer Matt Camirand mutter a distant, faintly audible, "Don’t worry about, Duncan,...

Regina Spektor

Begin to Hope

PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2006

As much as fans of Regina Spektor were anticipating this follow-up to 2003’s beautiful Soviet Kitsch, it’s probably fair to say that no one...

Fond of Tigers

A Thing to Live With

PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2006

Let it be said right now: this debut seven-track EP from Vancouver’s Fond of Tigers is not a disc you’re going to find yourself dialling up...

The Ladies and Gentlemen's Solitary Confinement

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

When Toronto musician Thomas D'Arcy broke up his old band, the Carnations, to lock himself in his basement and work on a solo project that...

You Say Party! We Say Die! Want to Deliver Your Baby

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Ever since Vancouver-area dance-punks You Say Party! We Say Die! started making a name for themselves two years ago with their willingness...

Chad VanGaalen Is Hard At Play

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

A little more than two years ago, Calgary visual artist Chad VanGaalen (hard g, rhymes with Van Halen) emerged from his bedroom studio with...

The Vertical Struts / Fake Cops / The Subatomics

Sidetrack Café, Edmonton AB - November 10, 2005

PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2005

When it comes to gigs, nine times out of ten you can squeeze in one more at-home pre-beer and miss the opening band without feeling a tinge...