Articles by Heather Parry

Lenka / Megan Hamilton

The Drake, Toronto ON February 2

PUBLISHED Feb 4, 2009

What's the worst thing you can see at the start of any gig? A singer-songwriter with hippy hair and a floral dress, alone, holding an acous...

Now, Now Every Children

Cars

PUBLISHED Feb 3, 2009

Call me pedantic but I just can't get on with a band that deviates from grammar rules with such reckless abandon. The semantic nihilism of...

Faded Paper Figures

Dynamo

PUBLISHED Feb 3, 2009

Not since the age of the Misfits has a band name been more apt; Faded Papers Figures make music so fragile you feel it might tear if you mi...

The Von Bondies

Love, Hate and Then There's You

PUBLISHED Jan 29, 2009

It's been a good few years since we've heard from the Von Bondies and despite having ditched members and grown up a little, the band still...

White Lies

To Lose My Life...

PUBLISHED Jan 28, 2009

The debut album from these promising Londoners starts somewhat worryingly, with opening track "Death" sounding very much like the Killers,...

The Izzys / Easy Targets / Nature Move Faster

Silver Dollar Room, Toronto ON January 22

PUBLISHED Jan 23, 2009

It seems only fitting that a show at the 50-year-old Silver Dollar Room should span the history of rock music, and the bands on the bill ma...

The Coast

PUBLISHED Dec 15, 2008

They've often been referred to as "Canada's best kept secret" and have been subject to much national media attention since the release of t...

The Coast / The Bicycles / David Martel / The Elwins

Sneaky Dee's, Toronto, ON December 6

PUBLISHED Dec 8, 2008

After a hectic year of constant touring, local boys the Coast could be forgiven for relaxing a little at their last show of the year and fi...