Articles by Melody Lau

Palma Violets

180

PUBLISHED Feb 25, 2013

The UK music press has long been obsessed with championing a new, up-and-coming act almost every other week, labelling band after band "the...

Leif Vollebekk

North Americana

PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2013

Anyone can pick up a guitar, strum a few chords and channel their inner Bob Dylan. In fact, many do just that, claiming originality when, r...

Hilotrons

At Least There's Commotion

PUBLISHED Feb 12, 2013

There's an eclectic corner of Canadian music that has been empty for the past five years, begging for the return of Ottawa's Hilotrons. Tha...

Ty Segall / Ex-Cult / K-Holes / Teenanger

Phoenix, Toronto, ON, February 6

PUBLISHED Feb 7, 2013

For a man with such a rapidly growing discography of material — we're talking three albums alone last year, and new songs already bei...

Thao & The Get Down Stay Down

We the Common

PUBLISHED Feb 6, 2013

Thao Nguyen's solo work was again put on hold for much of 2011 when she teamed up with indie songstress Mirah to write and record Thao & Mi...

Thao & the Get Down Stay Down

We the Common

PUBLISHED Feb 5, 2013

Thao Nguyen's solo work was put on hold for much of 2011 when she teamed up with indie songstress Mirah to write and record Thao & Mirah, a...

Thao Nguyen Talks the Sound of 'We the Common,' Her Joanna Newsom Collab, and... Rapping?

PUBLISHED Jan 29, 2013

It's been four years since Thao Nguyen released a solo album as Thao & The Get Down Stay Down. It comes as no surprise that her songwriting...

Wake Owl

Wild Country

PUBLISHED Jan 29, 2013

Has Grey's Anatomy ever introduced you to truly great music? The medical drama, which has featured tracks by KT Tunstall, Snow Patrol and t...