Articles by Melody Lau

Camera Obscura

Desire Lines

PUBLISHED Jun 3, 2013

Whether it's singer Tracyanne Campbell's introverted, confessional voice or Camera Obscura's penchant for understated pop, the band have ef...

Youth Lagoon / Majical Cloudz

Great Hall, Toronto ON, May 13

PUBLISHED May 14, 2013

Trevor Powers and Devon Welsh are an odd pairing, not because their respective acts, Youth Lagoon and Majical Cloudz, aren't a fitting matc...

Michael Feuerstack

PUBLISHED May 8, 2013

If the name Michael Feuerstack doesn't ring a bell to you, it might be because we're used to seeing him under his Snailhouse moniker. Or pe...

Michael Feuerstack Discusses the Collaborative Spirit of 'Tambourine Death Bed'

PUBLISHED May 7, 2013

Michael Feuerstack has dropped his Snailhouse moniker on his latest album, Tambourine Death Bed, but don't let the solo title fool you; thi...

Purity Ring / Blue Hawaii

Danforth Music Hall, Toronto ON, May 5

PUBLISHED May 6, 2013

The pairing of Edmonton's Purity Ring and Montreal's Blue Hawaii on a bill is symbiotic in many ways. Aesthetically opposites, but sonicall...

She & Him

Volume 3

PUBLISHED May 6, 2013

Zooey Deschanel, the actress, is often criticized for playing the same character in every film and TV show, so much so that there's even a...

Michael Feuerstack

Tambourine Death Bed

PUBLISHED May 6, 2013

There's a sense of directness on Michael Feuerstack's latest album, Tambourine Death Bed, from the abandonment of his previous moniker (Sna...

Rachel Zeffira

Drake, Toronto ON, May 2

PUBLISHED May 3, 2013

It can be easy, and often the default route, for a solo artist to take a record on the road and translate their music live using whatever m...