Articles by Pras Rajagopalan

Jane Vain and the Dark Matter

Love is Where The Smoke Is

PUBLISHED Jan 22, 2008

Move over, Emily Haines, you’re going to have to share the heartbreak spotlight with someone who could very well be the next Canadian indie...

Busy Signals

Busy Signals

PUBLISHED Nov 27, 2007

"The underlying approach to our stuff is plagiarism.” So says drummer Frankie Jensen about his Chicago band, the Busy Signals. He’s not far...

Alexis Gideon

Flight of the Liophant

PUBLISHED Nov 27, 2007

A "liophant,” according to the album art of Flight of the Liophant, is some kind of winged elephant/lion hybrid. Portland’s Alexis Gideon h...

Nifty

A Sparrow! A Sparrow!

PUBLISHED Nov 27, 2007

Much loved T-dot outfit Les Mouches may be gone but their individual parts sure seem to be working out. Of course, we’re all familiar with...

The Luyas

Faker Death

PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2007

There has already been much print love lavished on the still-nascent Luyas, a product of the ever-percolating Montreal scene. This of cours...

José González Is Quietly Hardcore

PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2007

José González is truly a study in contrasts. He was born in Sweden to Argentinean parents and sings in English; he grew up listening to a f...

The Halifax Pop Explosion

Halifax NS October 15 to 20

PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2007

This year marked the 15th anniversary of the Halifax Pop Explosion, which over the years doesn’t seem to have given up much of its intimacy...

Saturday Looks Good To Me

Fill Up The Room

PUBLISHED Oct 23, 2007

Fill Up the Room is the second release of the year for Fred Thomas and co. after this summer’s Cold Colors EP. Although the Fill Up is Satu...