Brittany Howard Goes To Hollywood
By: Chris Dagonas An e-mail from an unscrupulous talent agent to Brittany Howard, lead singer of Alabama Shakes. Brittany, Brit, B-How – I caught your show at Echo Beach in […]
Category Archives: Music
Paths of Glory: Springsteen and Jordan – Part 2
By: Dan Grant If you missed part 1 of this piece, I’m going to warn you, part 2 isn’t going to make a whole lot of sense! Check it out […]
Paths of Glory: Springsteen and Jordan – Part 1
By: Dan Grant Bruce Springsteen is 63 years old. Despite that fact, he continues barnstorming arenas and stadiums worldwide, his band expanded and his message considered and clear [Editor’s Note: […]
The Fall and Rise of Canadian Hip-Hop
By: Chris Dagonas “Anything that he tried to tell you people, disregard/ Syd is sweeter than my great grandmother’s Christmas cards/ This pollutant couldn’t lift an arm to let the […]
Springsteen in Toronto: Rock and Roll’s Last Great Showman
By: Dennis Reynolds When Bruce Springsteen delivered his keynote address at this year’s South-by-Southwest Music Festival, he capped off his speech with some advice for young artists. “Don’t take yourself […]
The Forgotten Music at Fort York
By: Daniel Reynolds For the more musically inclined amongst our readership, this past weekend was particularly noteworthy due to an amazing confluence of events. First off, in the north of […]
“Givers” Give Us Their All at The Drake
By Chris Dagonas Last Tuesday night, your favourite “Trenches” member Nick Setacci and I attended the Givers concert at the Drake Underground. Opening for them were Brooklyn, NY trio Yellow […]
‘Best Coast’ Rolls into Toronto
By: Nick Setacci Have you ever had a guilty pleasure? Cupcakes? Full-fat gelato? Lap dances? Well I’m not entirely ashamed to say that one of my musical guilty pleasures is […]
Frank Ocean’s Very Publicly Discussed Private Life: Are Rappers Homophobic?
By Chris Dagonas Perhaps you’ve heard by now, but in case you haven’t, Frank Ocean swings both ways. Yes, the rapper/singer admitted that his first love was with a man, […]
