Category Archives: other
TWM@CMW Artist Spotlights & More In Episode Two Of See You Next Wednesday Podcast
In the second episode of the brand new Toronto Based podcast See You Next Wednesday, your friendly hosts and Rancho Relaxo bartenders Greg Legros & Casey Lyons along with music junkie slash TWM writer Dan Gorman chat about this years … Continue reading
Two Way Monologues Presents at Canadian Music Week Profile #1: The Unquiet Dead
Over the next few weeks I’ll be introducing you to some bands, reminding you about others, and elaborating on what you already know about still more of the acts that will be gracing the Rancho Relaxo stage over the course … Continue reading
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Introducing: Moderation — Ain’t Got Nuthin’ On My Lord
A week from today, on Feb 21st, Moderation takes the stage at Rancho Relaxo. Who is Moderation? Well, there isn’t much known about the band yet. A little over a year ago I met band member Joe MacMillan performing in … Continue reading
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Come March 1st — Our Music Just Became a Little More Lo-Fi
Disclosure: Dean Marino is a friend of mine, and I work with his band Papermaps — many of you know this. I do not, however, have any secret information behind this article. It’s just an opinion, a theory, and a … Continue reading
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Papier Tigre Release New Single Of Forthcoming LP “Recreation”
I caught Papier Tigre (who hail from Nantes, France) playing a festival set at Rancho Relaxo a few years back, and ever since I’ve been a big fan of their album The Beginning And End Of Now. That record came out in … Continue reading
Free Download: “Midnight Orion” by Toronto’s Decommunication
If you read my year-end list that went up before the Christmas break, you probably noticed that I put Tycho‘s album Dive on there. I loved that album a lot, and now I’ve just stumbled upon a Toronto artist that … Continue reading
How Different Skeletons Defied Expectations
Some people play music just as a hobby. Some people play it to make a career out of it. Some do it because they feel they have to, that life isn’t complete without it. Others just do it because they … Continue reading
Stream The New Cursive Track “The Sun And Moon”
In the last few years I’ve been more of a fan of Tim Kasher‘s solo and The Good Life output than I have of the more recent Cursive records. In my opinion the last truly great album they released was … Continue reading
You Wanna Kiss About It? Bulletproof Tiger suggest that you might…
Bulletproof Tiger are a ferocious beast of insanely tight instrumental post-rock. Their passion brought them from Windsor to Toronto to continue to chase their musical goals. Bulletproof Tiger isn’t (yet) a household name here in the Toronto music scene, … Continue reading
Twenty Of My Favourite Records From 2011
Here we go again! As usual, this year I started with an obscenely long list of albums and then whittled it down to twenty. Things got pretty cut-throat when it came to dropping bands off the list — it seriously hurt … Continue reading
