Articles by Liisa Ladouceur

An Essential Guide to Blondie

PUBLISHED Mar 16, 2017

Blondie are a new wave group from when that was actually new; a punk group with clear vocals and pop hits; a rock'n'roll group whose best-k...

​An Essential Guide to Marilyn Manson

PUBLISHED Feb 15, 2017

You might think Marilyn Manson would be done with trying to shock people.   As the leader of the industrial-glam-rock band of the same name...

A Perfect Union of Contrary Things

By Sarah Jensen with Maynard James Keenan

PUBLISHED Nov 18, 2016

Who is Maynard James Keenan? A master of misinformation, of mystery, a guy who would go on tour behind a curtain, or covered in blue paint,...

An Essential Guide to Depeche Mode

PUBLISHED Nov 15, 2016

They are the world's biggest electronic rock'n'roll band. Pioneers of British new wave, Depeche Mode didn't just break through in the '80s,...

An Essential Guide to Dolly Parton

PUBLISHED Sep 6, 2016

Dolly Parton is such a pop culture icon you could almost be forgiven for forgetting she's first and foremost a singer-songwriter — not to m...

Basia Bulat

Good Advice

PUBLISHED Feb 10, 2016

File under: soul music. On her fourth studio album, Canadian singer-songwriter Basia Bulat's heart bursts open and out pours spirited, feel...

Basia Bulat Preps for Carnegie Hall Show with Philip Glass

PUBLISHED Feb 4, 2016

Basia Bulat will play alongside Philip Glass at Carnegie Hall this month, a gig she says is "like a strange dream." The Canadian singer —...

Basia Bulat

The Long Goodbye

PUBLISHED Feb 3, 2016

There are days you realize love is not enough, is not forever. There are days you pack up your things and change cities. There, you write s...