Articles by Patrick Lejtenyi

Craig Morrison and the Momentz

Rocket Radio

PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2000

McGill University prof and ethnomusicologist Craig Morrison releases a love letter to his passion for blues and roots rock, looking mostly...

Big John Bates

Voodoo Bar-B-Q

PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2000

Back in the days of hair grease, muscle cars, and chewing toothpicks was something called analogue recording - remembered fondly for cranki...

Jim's Big Ego

Noplace Like Nowhere

PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2000

A little geek rock for you. Boston's Jim's Big Ego can't be classified as boring by any means, because they are too eclectic a mix of catch...

Presidents of the United States of America

Freaked Out and Small

PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2000

After a four-year absence, the Presidents of the United States of America (who apparently have shortened their name to the much more concis...

Ska

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2000

Born in the ghettos and shantytowns of Kingston, Jamaica in the late ‘50s, ska has had three consistent characteristics: the emphasis on th...

King Apparatus

King Apparatus

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2000

Sigh wistfully you Toronto yuppies and think back to when you had a sense of humour. Remember when the only person who'd heard of ska was t...

Peacocks

Come With Us

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2000

Swiss ska sludge-abilly! This is primitive, basic stuff sung in accented English and it has something really working for it. Mix the ska se...

Trip the Off

Trip the Off

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2000

Lay waaay back and trip out to this dub-reggae-ska-funk mix out of Montreal. I don't know what exactly Trip the Off means, but this is the...