Articles by Sofi Papamarko

Wanda Jackson

The Cadillac Lounge, Toronto ON December 5

PUBLISHED Dec 8, 2008

Some people are just born entertainers. After Friday night's show at Toronto's Cadillac Lounge, Wanda Jackson proved beyond a shadow of a d...

The Fleshtones

Stocking Stuffer

PUBLISHED Nov 18, 2008

All I want for Christmas is for musicians to stop putting out mediocre holiday albums. The fabulous Fleshtones have been doing their classi...

Alison Goldfrapp

PUBLISHED Sep 29, 2008

On a recent tour stop in Toronto, Alison Goldfrapp talked to Exclaim! about the group’s new album, Seventh Tree. Clad in a T-shirt dress, a...

Bad Flirt

Virgin Talk

PUBLISHED Sep 28, 2008

Bad Flirt’s Virgin Talk is sort of like a kitten with rabies — cute yet vicious. The Montreal band’s second full-length release has all of...

Goldfrapp / Great Lake Swimmers

Danforth Music Hall, Toronto ON September 14

PUBLISHED Sep 17, 2008

British folktronica group Goldfrapp cast a spell upon hundreds of fans during their performance at the Danforth Music Hall. Opening act the...

Juliana Hatfield

How To Walk Away

PUBLISHED Aug 19, 2008

Few people can strike a minor chord with as much sincerity as Juliana Hatfield. How To Walk Away finds Hatfield older, wiser and sadder tha...

Beck

Modern Guilt

PUBLISHED Jul 27, 2008

Leave it to Beck Hansen to make the past sound like the future. On the remarkably consistent Modern Guilt, visionary producer Danger Mouse...

I Love Math

Getting to the Point is Beside It

PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2008

The Texas-based band (made up of members of the Apples in Stereo, Old 97’s, the Paper Chase and the Deathray Davies) dole out stripped-down...