Articles by Nicole Villeneuve

Rude City Riot

Nothin' But Time

PUBLISHED May 31, 2011

If you replaced the up-strokes with down and the horns with another guitar, Vancouver, BC's Rude City Riot could be Canada's next Chixdiggi...

Living With Lions Grow Up Quick

PUBLISHED May 29, 2011

Living With Lions' sophomore album was already set up to hit the ground running. Relentless touring and inspired performances of 2008's Mak...

Living With Lions

Holy Shit

PUBLISHED May 18, 2011

Vancouver, BC pop punk partiers Living With Lions underwent a major line-up change for new album Holy Shit. Not only did Bill Crook (A Text...

Balance and Composure

Separation

PUBLISHED May 10, 2011

After a couple of EPs demonstrating a band already confident in their direction, Pennsylvania, PA quintet Balance and Composure have releas...

Thursday's Geoff Rickly Talks <i>No Devolución</i>

PUBLISHED May 2, 2011

For a while, Thursday were painted as poster boys for emo, an unfitting pairing for a genre that largely turned into a laughable mall fashi...

Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold Talks <i>Helplessness Blues</i>, Future Release Plans

PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2011

When it came time for Fleet Foxes to record the follow-up to their breakout self-titled effort, the Seattle folk pop force found themselves...

Thursday's Geoff Rickly

The Exclaim! Questionnaire

PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2011

Since their breakthrough 2001 album Full Collapse helped commercialize a new generation of emo and post-hardcore, Thursday's trajectory has...

Fleet Foxes Are Young Moderns

PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2011

When Fleet Foxes released their debut album in mid-2008, the plan was to do a few modest U.S. tours then return home to start the follow-up...