It took about three years and losing one of the two members, but electropop duo Junior Boys, finally got noticed by KIN Records. Although in 2002 Canadian Jeremy Greenspan was flying solo, it didn’t take long for him to recruit his engineer, Matt Didemus, and put together their first release – Birthday/Last Exit; the four-track EP (out in 2003) was quickly followed up by the … [Read more...]

10/04: Junior Boys w/Egyptrixx & the SRRs. @Crowbar. 8pm, $12/$15 10/05: Murs w/ Tabi Bonney, Ski Beatz & the Senseis @ Crowbar. 7pm, $12/$15 10/06: -The Bright Light Social Hour w/ Drake & Sofia @Crowbar. 8pm, $10 10/06: Rock the Park (The Pauses, King of Spain, MRENC, Rec Center) @Curtis Hixon. 630pm, FREE. 10/07: Yuck w/ Porcelain Raft & Palantine … [Read more...]

You know those bands that you thought you’re on the up and up with and then you find out they have been making music for years longer than you even knew about? Yeah, that was me with Peter, Bjorn and John. When Writer’s Block came out in 2006 and none of my friends knew who PB&J were I was like “oh snap, I’m ahead of the curve!” Wrong. But it really ended up to be an … [Read more...]

My senior year of high school, when buying CDs in a record store was still the norm, I walked past a listening station and a green case caught my eye. It only took about the first 20 seconds of “Memories” to make me melt; I was now an Eisley fan. Almost eight years later and they are still one of my go to bands and for good reason: their sound is not only cohesive and … [Read more...]

Two of my favorite things when it comes to music is when I go from knowing nothing of a band to being completely enamored of them and when members of a band I already really like create a side project that is equally as awesome. Yip Deceiver accomplishes both of these things. Davey Pierce and Nicholas Dobbratz (both members of Of Montreal) came together to form electronic … [Read more...]