I reacted pretty abruptly to the bombshell news dropped in Sum 41’s Deryck Whibley’s first memoir, Walking Disaster: My Life Through Heaven and Hell back when we first got our copy, but didn’t really get a chance to talk about the rest of the book while I let myself process it. But, I do want to turn your attention to the memoir. If you haven’t … Continue reading Walking Disaster by Deryck Whibley
I used to have this friend who I met back in high school that for years and years during the time we spent together, he’d periodically bring up that time we went to go see Sum 41 play at the Kee to Bala when we were like 14. “The all ages section was up on the balcony, remember? That show was amazing!” He must have … Continue reading Say It Ain’t So, Sums!
I was a pretty big Sum 41 fan way back when and I’ve been following them since they exploded onto the Canadian music scene. I’ve talked about it before, but I was particularly interested in the unique relationship between them and Treble Charger – it turns out it was a bit different than I expected. A few months ago I pre-ordered Deryck Whibley’s memoir, Walking … Continue reading What the Fuck, Greig Nori?
It’s Father’s Day. While you all prepare for your afternoon barbeque’s, ball games and brewery tours, I am sitting in anticipation of the flog of blogs today with titles like, “Top 10 Dad Rock Bands”. I’m going to be really transparent about this – I hate the term “dad rock”. I hate the term “dad joke”. I hate dad-anything, really, except my own dad, who … Continue reading Op Ed: You have seriously gotta stop with the “dad rock”
Ahead of his forthcoming album, The Threshing Room Floor, Manitoba-born songwriter Kris Anders brings us “I’m Ready,” a feverishly upbeat summer pop-rock anthem that carries with it the spirit of the Okanagan Valley from which he is based. Listen to the track on Spotify Kicking off with the chorus, an anthemic repetition of the track’s namesake, Anders’ bursts through the door and pulls us towards … Continue reading We’re shouting, “I’m Ready” with Kris Anders
Last week re reintroduced ourselves to you in our Introduction episode, and this week we’re getting straight to the covers with Episode 2: The Middle. In this week’s episode you get to hear our brand new Season 1 podcast introduction music and then we get into things like the power of music videos, the pop-punk invasion of Canada and learning guitar solos, before we showcase … Continue reading Static Unveiled: S1E2 – The Middle
This blog is part 5 in an ongoing series and is the official transcript for the Death Bus For Blondie Variety Hour podcast on Spotify. Listen to the episode now or go ahead and read on for the transcript below. If you’re behind, jump back to a previous transcript here: Introducing the Death Bus For Blondie Variety Hour! (it’s a podcast)Death Bus For Blondie Variety … Continue reading Death Bus For Blondie Variety Hour – S1 E5: Tiny Vessels
While writing my debut solo EP, Jestem Krzywym Lasem, I found myself thinking a lot about an old online friend of mine named Sean Gallagher. As it would happen, this led to a lot of decisions that made the final record, so I wanted to take a bit of time to tell you all a little about him. If you’ve been following my Twitter though, … Continue reading Sean Gallagher
Crooked Forest 