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Author Archives: Phil Heron
[glocal scene] European Road Book – update
Ball of Wax likes songs about books and Ryan Bartek likes writing books about those who make songs. Bartek and Ball of Wax are a match made in heaven. Those with a decent memory will remember a post from March … Continue reading
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Album Review: Klak Tik – Must We Find a Winner
Klak Tik – Must We Find a Winner (2010, Safety First Records) Klak Tik’s textured Must We Find a Winner has a distinct taste for the theatrical, majestically carried out for just under an hour. The London-based band have produced … Continue reading
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[glocal scene] Album Review: Keith Haman – Camera
Keith Haman – Camera (2011, Melotone) Keith Haman hails from Oceanside, California, but resides in New York City, where he is now releasing albums with Brooklyn label/rehearsal studio Melotone. I’ve met Keith before, playing with the now defunct alt-country band … Continue reading
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[glocal scene] Birthday Boys
The Maladies singer Daniele Marando shares a birthday with our very own Levi Fuller. I know this because a social networking site told me. In celebration, may I introduce The Maladies (and happy birthday wishes to you both). Two events … Continue reading
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[glocal scene] NXNE Music Festival 4
This final post from NXNE is an all-Canadian selection as the festival reached its climax on Saturday, with only a splattering of bands performing on Sunday. The throwaway name of Toronto’s Loopsy Dazy nearly made me miss out on heading … Continue reading
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[glocal scene] NXNE Music Festival 3
Day three of Toronto’s citywide NXNE festival. Sitar success! The fantastic Elephant Stone provided some sensory satisfaction in the form of Rishi Dhir’s unashamedly pop sensibilities, set to a brilliant backdrop of swirling guitars and pounding percussion.
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[glocal scene] NXNE Music Festival 2
And so continues my NXNE blog. I’ve never been to SXSW, so it is hard to make comparisons to its Canadian counterpart. In fact, I’ve never encountered the citywide festival experience before, having only ever been to the more traditional … Continue reading
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[glocal scene] NXNE Music Festival 1
This is not a typo. I repeat, this is not a typo. This is: tpyo. NXNE is Canada’s equivalent of SXSW: a music and film conference/festival held in bars and cinemas across Toronto for one week. I shall do my … Continue reading
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[glocal scene] Beast Reality
I love a band with intensity and ‘balls’. The latter is not a well-defined term, and can no doubt be argued to mean many a thing; ‘balls’ here means courageous. I don’t wish to get into the etymological origins of … Continue reading
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[glocal scene] Chiptune prominence
What do the BBC and Ball of Wax have in common? Believe it or not, Chiptune. The US & Canada News section at the BBC took time to explain the method of music production ahead of this years SXSW Music … Continue reading
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