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Album review: Little Girls, Cults EP

By Ben Stevenson

Big changes are in the works for Toronto musician Josh McIntyre’s blog-buzzed project Little Girls. In the past year, he’s released his debut LP Concepts, left Paper Bag Records for Hand Drawn Dracula, made Little Girls into a four-piece band and toured cross-Canada with new labelmates Mausoleum. To cap off a career-changing summer, Sept.... »

MP3: Covers by Acorn, Little Girls, Woodhands, Slim Twig

By Marsha Casselman

As the second recession-weary holiday season approaches, the onset of material gift-giving ads might seem to you like a slap in the face. Well, you’re in luck, because if anyone feels your being-broke pain, it’s bands. And record labels. In celebration of the season of giving (or more appropriately Buy Nothing Day) Paper Bag... »

Brides and The Jesus Lizard join hands in holy cacophony

By Marsha Casselman

Brides has the uncanny ability to transport its audience back to the glory days of No Wave. It doesn’t matter its audience is more likely made up of smug hipster Torontonians than aging New York art school dropouts. Nor does it matter that the band is mostly made up of barely 20-year-old suburban Guelph kids.... »

Bitter start to a Fucked Up Weekend

By Marsha Casselman

“A lot of this lo-fi music is just bullshit to me. Like, I don’t pay attention to any of it.” As you might expect from the former hardcore vocalist and recent Polaris Prize winner, Ben Cook of Fucked Up isn’t afraid to speak his mind. “I’m a jaded prick … It’s OK, you can call me... »

If Ian Curtis dug Grandmaster Flash

By Marsha Casselman

Listen to post-punk revivalists Little Girls and you’d never guess what’s on the frontman’s iPod. “What I listen to the most, which is strange for what I’m making, is hip hop,” says vocalist/guitarist Josh McIntyre. The former half of noise pop duo Pirate/Rock names J-Dilla (RIP) one of his main influences along with, say, any... »

NXNE festival withdrawal

By Marsha Casselman

Dance – rock -dance around the clock – We covered Toronto’s premiere 4-day music festival (aside from Canadian music week – same thing, different month) and are now weening off eating and breathing music 24/7 Highlights: Once a superfan of the Wu Tang Clan, I thought I’d sit in on GZA interview with Fab 5 Freddy:... »