Articles by Kevin Hainey

The Homeless Chorus

CONCEPT ALBUM

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2005

How's this for mysterious? The Sea Donkeys are an anonymous Seattle group who wrestle out raw, primitive folk dirges. But for their latest,...

The Committee

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2005

Peter Sykes's mysterious 1968 head film The Committee might be better known for its rock associations than its philosophical overtones, but...

Lydia Lunch

Lydia Lunch Presents: Willing Victim

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2005

If any woman deserves her due respect in light of current trends, it's Lydia Lunch, no wave's original shining star. No other woman in punk...

Xiu Xiu / Frog Eyes / Das Yellow Swans

The Gladstone Ballroom, Toronto ON - September 8, 2005

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2005

Sometimes the west really is the best, like when they bring a killer triple-bill of their finest acts to remind us that the craft of the wr...

Lightning Bolt / Mindflayer / Kites / Wizzards / Animental / Nifty / Larry Marshall

Neutral, Toronto ON - September 5, 2005

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2005

When the respective solo projects of minimal metal bass'n'drums powerhouse duo Lightning Bolt - Mindflayer and Wizzards - got billed to app...

Adult.

Gimmie Trouble

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2005

The band voted most likely to outlast the unavoidable crash of electroclash is back with their latest ironic, sarcastic assault on all thin...

AFX

Analord 8 – 11

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2005

Richard D. James always had a bit of the deviant in him. His latest attempt to fuck with convention (and your savings account) is to releas...

Boris with Merzbow

Sun Baked Snow Cave

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2005

When you cross one of Japan’s leading (and most versatile) retro-minded stoner metal groups, Boris, with their undisputed king of noise mus...