Articles by Heather Parry

Ladytron / The Faint

The Phoenix, Toronto ON April 6

PUBLISHED Apr 8, 2009

I don't know how I've managed to miss the Faint until now, as they're hardly the most inconspicuous of bands and they've been around foreve...

Youth Group

The Night Is Ours

PUBLISHED Apr 2, 2009

Despite being label-mates with fellow Aussies the Vines, Youth Group sound absolutely nothing like them, so get that out of your head strai...

The Prodigy

Kool Haus, Toronto ON March 25

PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2009

The redemption of the Prodigy has been a long time coming. Twelve years since a worthwhile album, a massive 19 since they first burst onto...

White Lies' Harry McVeigh

PUBLISHED Mar 30, 2009

There are a million high school bands that hope, struggle, fall into disillusionment and then get "real jobs," thinking only of their forme...

Florence and the Machine

A Lot of Love. A Lot of Blood

PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2009

The presence of a Cold War Kids' cover and some major hyping by both the NME and BBC made me ready to hate this EP before I'd even put it o...

Fred

Go God Go

PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2009

First impressions always stick, and if you've never heard of Fred before, album opener "Skyscrapers," with its handclaps, tambourine and si...

Oh No Not Stereo

3

PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2009

I hate to ruin the dream for a whole generation but Doc and Marty were wrong in thinking that time travel necessarily involved a DeLorean a...

Ten Second Epic

Hometown

PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2009

It's hard to believe that this is Ten Second Epic's third full-length release, as you would never think that a band fronted by a man with s...