Articles by Stuart Green

Grade

Back to Basics

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

In late July, Grade were the grand prize in a MuchMusic contest. The nation's music station brought the band to a viewer's house where they...

Reach the Sky Are Growing Up and Out

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

When it comes to the longevity of his band's career, Reach the Sky vocalist Ian Larrabee is ever the pragmatist. "We're not going to be the...

Pennywise

Inspired to Change

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

To say Pennywise front-man Jim Lindberg is angry about the state of his nation is an understatement. "I was livid on this record, I think t...

Grade

Radar Love

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

To paraphrase Canada's venerable hard rock troubadours April Wine, no one ever told Kyle Bishop rock and roll was a vicious game. But as th...

Blue Skies At War

Canadian Music Week 2004 March 3 to 6, Toronto ON

PUBLISHED Sep 6, 2007

London's answer to Boysetsfire weren't about to let a less than packed house dampen their spirits. The quintet's high-energy melodic scream...

Metric

Canadian Music Week 2004 March 3 to 6, Toronto ON

PUBLISHED Sep 6, 2007

I haven't been so blown away by a live set from a chick-fronted band since I caught an early No Doubt set back in the day. So succexxxy voc...

Postage Stamps

Canadian Music Week 2004 March 3 to 6, Toronto ON

PUBLISHED Sep 6, 2007

This dapper and quirky Toronto outfit brings three guitarists to the stage and puts them all to good use. An odd hybrid of post punk agit-p...

The Reason

Canadian Music Week 2004 March 3 to 6, Toronto ON

PUBLISHED Sep 6, 2007

Practitioners of an all-too common brand of melodic screamo, but unlike so many of their peers, they've obviously spent time developing new...