sebastian troen

Who’d have thought that a Vancouver crowd could be so passionate about music?!?  Normally known as being laid-back and ‘too cool’, the crowd at the DJ Champion and his G-Strings show last night WENT OFF!!  And so did the ‘band’, err ‘DJ’, err ‘group’… whatever they call themselves, they rocked the house!! Read the rest of this entry »

There are times of the year that seem to overflow with great new albums… we’re coming into that time right now. On the heels of Kanye’s Graduation and 50 Cents’ Curtis have come a couple of sophomore efforts from two top British singers: KT Tunstall and James Blunt.

For me, the highlights are new albums from the mighty Fighters of Foo (the beautifully named Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace) and finally, possibly the album of the year (I’m calling it right here), Pull the Pin from the Stereophonics, who are taking a stab at being the greatest rock band in the world today. Read the rest of this entry »

Dudes… sometimes with a dark cloud of death and destruction that rains misery down upon us all (see earlier post about Hot Hot Asses) there’s a silver lining… and on Tuesday night at the Commodore there was a silver lining… 4 dudes took the stage and said “I want to take you out behind the gym and get you pregnant” and with that I was introduced to The Dudes.

I confess I’ve never heard of them. At first I thought they were a bit of a joke, hold-overs from the 80’s, driving their Trans Ams and sporting pornstar handlebar ’staches.

Dudes, listen up. Listen up good.  These dudes rock! Hard!

You could be in trouble. Yeah you. Read the rest of this entry »

I’m rather depressed. Though I’m feeling better than I was on Monday night when I was leaving the Commodore after listening to Hot Hot Heat butcher their own songs.  There were literally moments that were excruciating I stood there dumbfounded.

I think enough has been said about this. I’m moving on. Or trying to at least.

Yeah, baby, shout it loud and shout it proud.

This week’s pick for the ‘where the hell did they come from’ award is the Beth Ditto-fronted The Gossip out of Portland, Oregon. Their album is catchy emo-punk-rock for those of us that don’t wear black lipstick but like 80’s bass lines driving a steady beat to which Beth’s powerful voice demands ‘WE WILL LIVE OUR LIVES’!!!

Damn right sista! And this is the soundtrack to which we’ll be living our lives.

And now the requisite youtube clip: Read the rest of this entry »