Underground supergroup Darlings of Chelsea unleash ‘Panic’
Darlings of Chelsea have been around. Names like The Black Halos, Robin Black and CJ Sleez are likely familiar to anyone following the underground music scene across Canada over the past decade or more, and in 2009, a few longtime rockers who paid their dues as members of the above banded together in Toronto to […]
TRUE TALES OF THE ROAD: Paul Bellows bonds with his fans
Edmonton folk musician Paul Bellows was on the road quite a bit before he made it big in the business world as the founder of the Yellow Pencil web design company. So no – he doesn’t NEED to promote his new CD, Shipwreck Looking Out for a Beach, released Friday at the Haven, the day […]
Living With Lions tells FACTOR where to stick their 13 grand
Now this is fortuitous. We were just having a friendly debate about government arts funding and along comes Living With Lions to play the Pawn Shop on Friday night. This is the Vancouver punk band at the centre of the storm of controversy surrounding its new CD, “Holy Shit” and its allegedly blasphemous artwork, which […]
Godsmack to rock the Shaw Sept. 1
Today on WHO NAMED THE BAND we explore another group that sounds like its name – Godsmack. Playing Thursday, Sept. 1 at the Shaw Conference Centre – for which tickets are $50 and go on sale Friday (here) – the Boston hard rock band has been “smacking” the word of “God” and other things relentlessly […]
Matthew Good comes to Jubilee Auditorium Nov. 15
Whether you love to hate him or hate to love him, Matthew Good is at least one of the more interesting characters on the Canadian music scene. And now for something completely different: Matthew Good in a soft-seater. The deep-thinking Vancouver rocker has announced a string of theatre dates across Canada that brings him to […]
LIVE TONIGHT: The Black Keys come from out of the blue
Who the hell are the Black Keys? Seriously. We’ve never heard of these guys before. Thought it was some combination of Alecia Keys and the Black Eyed Peas – and here they are from out of the blue playing the Big Building, Rexall Place tonight (Wednesday, June 29). The show is sold out. The Black […]
WHO NAMED THE BAND? Gypsophilia sounds like itself
Once in a while you come across a band that sounds like its name: Metallica, Trent Reznor, the London Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. This can be both a blessing and a curse. For the members of Gypsophila, they are instantly identifiable as enthusiasts of the great Django Reinhardt, who invented so-called “gypsy jazz” by fusing swing […]
Jeff Beck to thrill area guitar worshippers at the Winspear Oct. 25
The generational divide between Baby Boomers and Generation Xers can be summed up with one simple name: Beck. Which one came first to your mind? If you stand, or more likely, sit, on the Jeff Beck side of the line, this is your lucky day. It’s Tuesday, Oct. 25, to be precise. That’s when the […]
