Articles by Laina Dawes
Valerie June / Michael Rault
Drake Underground, Toronto ON, October 18
PUBLISHED Oct 19, 2013
The problem with live shows at a Queen Street "hot spot" is that you never know why exactly people are there. Too much time rubbernecking i...
Watain / In Solitude / Tribulation
Opera House, Toronto ON, October 12
PUBLISHED Oct 14, 2013
Where was the blood? Where was the stench of rotting animal flesh from the decapitated animal heads on stakes? C'mon, with three Scandinavi...
High on Fire / Goatwhore / Primate / Lo-Pan
Opera House, Toronto, ON, November 26
PUBLISHED Nov 27, 2012
This evening was all about the frontmen: Four dudes whose magnetism is mesmerizing and whose talent is astounding. While the openers Lo-Pa...
Serpentine Path
Serpentine Path
PUBLISHED Sep 11, 2012
Is it a strange coincidence that the debut from these NYC doomsters arrives in stores on the anniversary of the American terror attacks? Pe...
OM
Advaitic Songs
PUBLISHED Aug 14, 2012
Calling OM a traditional doom/stoner band is not only musically incorrect, but lazy. Founder Al Cisneros intentionally strayed from his mos...
Scott Kelly and The Road Home
The Ghost Forgiven in Me
PUBLISHED Aug 14, 2012
It's been said that Scott Kelly is brave. Within his duties as a founding member of Neurosis, his guest vocal appearances for Mastodon and...
High On Fire
The Art of Self Defense
PUBLISHED Jul 31, 2012
Luckily for High on Fire fans, the reissue of the often out-of-print Oakland, CA trio's 2000 debut album is now readily available and stran...
Fishbone / Spookey Ruben
Lee's Palace, Toronto ON June 30
PUBLISHED Jul 3, 2012
Opener Spookey Ruben has been a mainstay in the Canadian entertainment scene for almost two decades as a musician and a filmmaker, and the...
