Sherry Kean released a great pop album in 1984. So what happened to the Canadian singer?
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George Thorogood Haircut album cover by Peter Bagge Apparently, George Thorogood is not a big fan of Peter Bagge. The alternative comics artist (Hate, Neat…
It’s embarrassing to say now, but I once lost interest in someone when I saw the spine of a Barenaked Ladies CD in her collection.…
I recently had the opportunity to write about one of my favourite John Prine albums for hmv.com. For me, The Missing Years – Prine’s 10th…
Swervedriver played the Biltmore Cabaret last night, and this was a show I was determined not to miss – the UK band’s debut Raise is one…
This was my second Dusting Off feature for hmv.com/ca (my first was a loving reassessment of Martha and the Muffins‘ classic album This is the…
Florence and the Machine‘s new album, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful, was released last week. To help build giddy anticipation, my editor at hmv.com/ca asked…
Interview—Kerry Galloway of Steelin in the Years Steelin’ in the Years is a Steely Dan cover band based in the Lower Mainland. The band is…
Cyril Jordan of legendary ’70s band the Flamin’ Groovies on Creem Magazine, Rock Hudson and Jacques Cousteau.
Note: this post was originally published on thesnipenews.com on Sept 20 2014. The end, when it came, came suddenly. It was no “electrifying conclusion,” as the…
Last week I had the opportunity to interview keyboardist Benmont Tench prior to the Tom Petty show Aug 14 at Rogers Arena in Vancouver. While…
A one-page profile of ’60s Canadian vocal-pop band The Sugar Shoppe.
A bio-comic about Canadian singer Stompin’ Tom Connors.
A reunited Jane’s Addiction touring in support of ball-gags, Dobel tequila and the buy-Dave-Navarro-a-shirt fund.
The paper interviews Purity Ring, calls Moxy Fruvous “witty”.
A look back at Rickie Lee Jones’ 1981 album.
Classic albums of the eighties: Payolas No Stranger to Danger The Payola$ were a Vancouver band that started out punk, went new wave and featured…
Remembering the 1979 debut album by Carolyne Mas Carolyne Mas released her debut album in 1979. Critics hailed the New York-based singer as “a female…
Boston Spaceships’ Let It Beard stands up with some of Robert Pollard’s best… of the year.
Chaplin, Modern Times, Green Hornet and Black Swan.