Articles by Melody Lau

Phoenix

PUBLISHED Apr 19, 2013

With Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, French rockers Phoenix solidified themselves as a pop music force. Earning critical and commercial success,...

Phoenix

Bankrupt!

PUBLISHED Apr 19, 2013

When a band strike upon a winning formula, it's tough not to duplicate it in some form. Much of the blueprint of Phoenix's fifth album, Ban...

Phoenix Explain the Asian Influence on "Entertainment"

PUBLISHED Apr 19, 2013

If you get a distinct sense of Asian influence on Phoenix's new single "Entertainment," you're not entirely wrong. The lead single off of t...

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Mosquito

PUBLISHED Apr 15, 2013

With Yeah Yeah Yeahs' last album, 2009's It's Blitz, the NYC trio threatened to abandon everything we've come to know and love about them....

The Belle Game

Ritual Tradition Habit

PUBLISHED Apr 15, 2013

Some might think that naming the Belle Game one of "Vancouver's best bands," an accolade bestowed upon them by The Georgia Straight in 2011...

Folly & the Hunter

Tragic Care

PUBLISHED Apr 15, 2013

If Icelandic rock band Sigur Rós buried themselves deep in the rural crevices of Canada, they'd re-emerge as Folly and the Hunter. This Mon...

Blue Hawaii

PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2013

Distance makes the heart grow fonder, and evidently, also pushes the music writing process further for Raph and Agor of Blue Hawaii. The el...

Shotgun Jimmie

Everything, Everything

PUBLISHED Mar 25, 2013

Whenever you hear that an artist has retreated to a cabin somewhere to record an album, you immediately assume that the product will be dre...