Articles by Lorraine Carpenter

Family Ties Bind <b>Broken Social Scene</b>

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Broken Social Scene have set their sights on revolutionising pop music, and last year's You Forgot It In People is their rather convincing...

Andrew W.K.

Cabaret, Montreal QC - February 15, 2004

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Andrew W.K. is like a musical Jesus, delivering pop metal Christianity for kids. Instead of two testaments, there are two albums, with the...

Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the Ultimate Party Record

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

New York City's Yeah Yeah Yeahs hit the ground running in 2001 with a short shock of blood, sweat and cum, an eponymous, indie EP rather fo...

Sam Roberts Lives the Canadian Dream

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Just over a year ago, Sam Roberts was your typical Montreal musician bum. His band, Northstar, had broken up, he was trying to get a demo t...

The High Dials Call All Devotees

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Never heard of the High Dials? Maybe you knew them as the Datsons, the name they relinquished "kicking and screaming," says singer/scribe T...

Soft Canyon Enjoys A Brand New Day

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Imagine reading your own obituary, a long, gushing ream of big ups from more people than you ever knew in your lifetime. That's the bitters...

Young and Sexy and Sublimely Malcontent

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Vancouver's lovelorn, lyrical popsmiths Young and Sexy began the way most bands end — with a break-up. Their flowery bio describes the fate...

Hexes & Ohs / Statue Park / My Dad vs. Yours

Casa del Popolo, Montreal QC - January 7

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Tucking themselves into the right-hand corner of the stage while a film no one seemed to be watching was projected on the left, Ottawa's My...