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, […]

Band: Playdeaf Album: Super Sexy Market Shot of choice: Jack Daniels Previously we said another band was the first band to request a review/shots from us. We were wrong. It turns out that Playdeaf sent us an email that went straight to our spam mail. As a result, we missed their album release party that […]

Band: The Darcys 7″: House Built Around Your Voice Shot of choice: Jameson We had the privilege of doing shots with The Darcys and they were part of our first feature. They put on a hell of a good show doing the Constantines’ Shine A Light, but The Darcys have much more to offer than […]

Band: Krupke Album: The Pony You Always Wanted Died Today Shots of choice: whiskey (Joe & Kate) / flaming sambuca or tequila (Mike & Fiona) To be honest, I was a little hesitant to review this album. First of all, after I had a little bit of a listen, I wasn’t really sure what to […]

Band: Bravestation EP: 2010 EP Shot of choice: whiskey I had heard about Bravestation’s EP release before I had actually heard any Bravestation. I had a bit of a listen and I enjoyed what I heard, but, ultimately, I didn’t end up attending the event. In a random twist of events, they started following me […]

Band: Bella Clava EP: The Craic: An Ephemeral Record Shot of choice: tequila The band’s sophomore EP, The Craic: An Ephemeral Record, is a work of good old-fashioned rock and roll art. With powerful piano chords and rich guitar riffs, it’s easy to like the sound on its own. But when you toss in Caitlin […]

Artist: Shawn Clarke Album: Like Birds Too Tired to Fly Shot of choice: whiskey This folk singer-songwriter creates lyrically engaging music that’s coloured with personal experience, including crushes, break-ups and moving to Toronto. When listening to the album, pay attention to the lyrics because they will paint a picture that will put you in Shawn’s […]