Articles by Joshua Kloke
Long Winter I
Great Hall, Toronto ON, November 8
PUBLISHED Nov 9, 2013
Toronto owes Josh Zucker and Mike Haliechuck a warm, genuine "thank you" for providing yet another respite from the piercing cold, and an o...
Sebastien Grainger
Yours To Discover
PUBLISHED Nov 8, 2013
As previously mentioned, Death From Above 1979 co-founder Sebastien Grainger and his wife recently left Toronto, taking up residence in Los...
Audacity
Butter Knife
PUBLISHED Oct 29, 2013
Over the span of two full-lengths and culminating with their third, Butter Knife, Audacity have accomplished a feat many of their ilk often...
The Strumbellas
We Still Move On Dance Floors
PUBLISHED Oct 22, 2013
After Toronto, ON's the Strumbellas garnered a Juno nomination for their debut full-length, My Father and the Hunter, some wondered if they...
Blitzen Trapper
VII
PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2013
There are only brief moments throughout VII (the seventh full-length from experimental folkers Blitzen Trapper) that evoke the brilliance o...
Kings of Leon
Mechanical Bull
PUBLISHED Sep 24, 2013
You can never be too sure about Kings of Leon. They often buy into a prescribed persona and become the characters they're meant to portray....
Fiver
Lost the Plot
PUBLISHED Sep 6, 2013
After rising from the ashes of One Hundred Dollars with engaging psych four-piece the Highest Order, it was only a matter of time before le...
Grey Reverend
A Hero's Lie
PUBLISHED Aug 30, 2013
Although it features only ten tracks, clocking in at less than 40 minutes, A Hero's Lie (the sophomore release from Brooklyn, NY-based L.D....