TRACK/MP3: Passion Pit – “I’ll Be Alright”
Thanks to the pop-protest feel to “Take A Walk”, Passion Pit sound refreshingly confident and their new track, “I’ll Be Alright”, spikes that…
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INTERVIEW: THE BLACK LIPS (BONNAROO 2012)
Six records, three live LPs and over 23 7-inch singles later, The Black Lips are still terrorizing mainstream surfers with professional…
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INTERVIEW: Young The Giant (Bonnaroo 2012)
There’s always been something special about Young The Giant. From being an opening act at The Opera House in our city of Toronto…
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REVIEW: Metric – “Synthetica”
Balancing what’s real and what’s artificial, Metric appear as if they’re having a difficult time shaping Synthetica into the superior indie…
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TRACK/MP3: Mac Miller + Pharrell – “Onaroll”
After spreading news an unreleased single would hit the interwebs, Mac Miller followed up his day-famous tweet with “Onaroll”, a dripping…
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GOING LIVE: Dave Matthews Band
Performing for more than two hours while keeping an audience fish-hooked is a rarity today but the 1990s’ bred Dave Matthews Band…
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BLARE’s 30 MUST-HEAR BANDS AT BONNAROO
The bands, the food, the way everyone looks as if they just warped in from a Grateful Dead gig circa 1966 – these are aspects that have…
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BLARE’s 5 Best New Artists (June 2012)
It’s hard to ignore the classics, but it’s worse to overlook the rising stars. June’s picks spotlight emerging artists changing pop, alternative…
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REVIEW: Architects – “Daybreaker”
At some capacity, the Brighton four-piece have never really found it problematic to be novel. Their fifth record, Daybreaker, tears the eyes…
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REVIEW: Sigur Ros – “Valtari”
Approaching 20 years together making music, Icelandic ambienteers Sigur Ros have gone in a somewhat more subdued, but nonetheless…
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