Today's Special: Baroness

So my chum at Video Per Diem has been telling me about Baroness for a while now. They conjure up feelings I thought had died when black metal came along. I guess once a banger also banger. It's good to be back.

Today's Special: Etienne De Crecy

Funtastic deep house guru Etienne De Crecy is playing wrekkids this Sunday in Vancouver. Check it out if you want to hear who influenced arts like Air and Vitalic.

Today's Special: Dukes of Stratosphere

Years ago XTC listened to their favorite psychedelic bands of the 60s and wrote songs that emulated them. It's like that 60s album compilation you never buy, but better.

Today's Special: The Units

In an effort to keep my blog posts more consistent, I've decide to keep the writing to a minimum and the visuals to a maximum. So, in the tradition of my last Today's Special post on Devo, here's a fun band from the same era called The Units. Love them, worship them now.

Today’s Special: Polvo & The Clean

Usually it’s the summer when your favourite bands of dwindling youth reform and play the lucrative summer music festival circuit. You know you’re not as young as you used to be when the style of music you were into in university starts to resurface once again as an immerging trend. But Polvo and The Clean haven’t reformed or gone away entirely. They’ve simply been on a long hiatus. But unlike so many groups that return with decent or sub-par albums and then promptly return to the “Where are they now?” file, these two acts have just released some of the best work of their careers. Sure, they all look older, have kids, and worry about throwing out their backs on stage, but they’ve honed their craft like professors telling their new students how to do it. It’s back to school time. You may think your teacher is old school, but then again, those were good old days.