Date of show: September 10, 2010 Shot of choice: Jack Daniels Lovely Killbots play dance rock that sounds much bigger than their two-person band, made up of Lauralee Sheehan (keys) and Ryan Beattie (drums). They closed out the night to a still-crowded Sneaky Dee’s. There was a good-sized crowd up front and dancing away. Lauralee […]

Date of show: September 9, 2010 Shot of choice: Crown Royal I wish I could come up with a description of Foxes in Fiction that would do Warren Hildebrand justice. He plays guitar in addition to a fairly elaborate set up, including tape recording. His breed of experimental music comes with pop sensibilities that create […]

Date of show: September 4, 2010 Shot of choice: whiskey (they’re not picky and will take whatever is cheapest, but Jack Daniels is really their preference) Ordinarily I would be a little concerned about the turnout at a show on the Saturday of a long weekend, but when it’s also the birthday party of the […]

Band: Teenage Kicks 7″: Shook Our Bones Shot of choice: tequila (except Peter, who apparently likes polar bear) So I’ve wanted to tell everyone about this 7” since, well, since I first heard it. Honestly, I was completely caught off guard. Having heard some of Ulysses and the Siren and Cain and Abel, I actually […]

Band: METZ 7″: Negative Space Shot of choice: Wild Turkey METZ is made up of Alex Edkins (vocals, guitar), Chris Slorach (bass) and Hayden Menzies (drums). I’ll be honest and say that, although I had heard the name floating around before, I had never actually heard anything by METZ until I heard about their 7” […]

Band: Waxmen Album: Eleven Shot of choice: tequila We were asked to attend a WAXMEN show, but we were not able to attend. Fortunately, their entire album, Eleven, which was released earlier this year, is streaming on their MySpace. WAXMEN is a 3-piece rock band made up of James Stefanuk (vocals, bass), Tyson Froese (guitar, […]

Date of show: August 31, 2010 Shot of choice: whiskey (Bravestation) Before anything else, we want to thank Bravestation, Dora Alexander and Volcano Playground. We can’t thank you enough and we truly feel privileged to have been a part of the night with you. As I’ve said before, a special thanks goes to Derek from […]

[Note: This is only 3/5 of Gramercy Riffs.] Date of show: August 27, 2010 Shot of choice: whiskey On this Friday night at the El Mocambo, every single band shared members. No band was complete and Mara Pellerin of Gramercy Riffs said this was a “pretty good representation of the St. John’s scene… everyone plays […]

Date of show: August 24, 2010 Shot of choice: whiskey (Shawn Clarke) It was a quiet evening of folk music at the Smiling Buddha, a little bar at College and Dovercourt. It was PWYC and Shawn Clarke came around with his hat and personally greeted everyone. It was a lovely touch. Kensington Prairie Kensington Prairie […]

Date of show: August 21, 2010 Shot of choice: Jameson (except they wanted to be different and asked for Wild Turkey) Lordy Lordy is Justin Myler (vocals, guitar), Bryan Ward (drums, harmonica, vocals) and Justin Christie (guitar, slide guitar). This psychedelic rock trio were second to rock the stage that night at Rancho Relaxo. To […]