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Category Archives: Glocal Scene
[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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This Scottish Guy You Should Hear Has an Honest Heart AND a Brain: Check out Withered Hand
Two years ago, I went to Scotland on tour, and a very good friend sat me down and played an EP by Withered Hand (Dan Willson is his non-stage name). The EP blew me away for its songwriting. The singer, … 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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[glocal scene] – Europeans beware
If you read any metal magazines in the US, you may have heard of Ryan Bartek. A prolific journalist since the early 2000s, Bartek has been published in Metal Maniacs, AMP Magazine, Hails & Horns, PIT Magazine, and two ton … Continue reading
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[glocal scene] – Loop Jockey
The first ever Ball of Wax Audio Quarterly I got my grubby little hands on was the DVD special edition, comprised of 17 music videos for my audio and visual pleasure. First up was Plan B’s superb “Double Crossing Little … Continue reading
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