Articles by Scott Tavener

Glastonbury Day 2 featuring the National, Billy Bragg, Bombay Bicycle Club, Kate Nash
Worthy Farm, Pilton UK June 26
PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2010
Glastonbury's Saturday slate saw a shimmering debut, a leftie folkie, a confused songstress, and more sunburns than at an albino barbecue....
Glastonbury Day 1 featuring the Flaming Lips, Thom Yorke, La Roux, Tegan and Sara
Worthy Farm, Pilton UK June 25
PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2010
In a country that has an inherent prejudice against redheads (aka "gingers"), it's particularly remarkable that scarlet songsters dominated...
Toronto Island Concert featuring Pavement, Broken Social Scene, Band of Horses, Beach House
Olympic Island, Toronto ON June 19
PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2010
The Broken Social Scene-curated, almost-annual Toronto Island Concert promised an idyllic locale, a solid slate of old and new indie stars,...
NXNE - The D'Urbervilles
The Drake Underground, Toronto ON June 19
PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2010
T-shirts for $2, heaps of post-post-punk bass lines and doses of, at turns, jittery then muscular art rock make for a compelling Saturday n...
The National
Massey Hall, Toronto ON June 9
PUBLISHED Jun 10, 2010
Touring the record, the combo stopped by Toronto's legendary yet intimate Horseshoe Tavern twice within a handful of months. The first show...
Kings of Convenience
Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto ON June 8
PUBLISHED Jun 9, 2010
Norway's most popular folk pop duo, Kings of Convenience (aka Erlend Øye and Eirik Glambek Bøe), do their research research. The twosome sh...
Futureheads
The Chaos
PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2010
No matter the guise, successful pop depends on sticky hooks and UK combo the Futureheads specialize in them. Past singles like "The Beginni...
Caribou
Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto ON May 3
PUBLISHED May 4, 2010
Dan Snaith (aka Caribou, née Manitoba) is a genius and he has the live show — and PhD — to prove it. He and his touring four-piece kicked o...