I love lists, especially when they pertain to music. I had a great chat with Now Weekly Editor/Publisher Michael Hollett last month as he was putting together the “50 Best Toronto Albums Ever” (which was Now’s cover story last week). More on that later. My love of lists began in 1977 with the publication of “The Book Of Lists” written by David Wallechinsky, Irving Wallace and Amy Wallace. As a teenager it quickly replaced the “Guinness Book Of World Records” as the time wasting no-brainer book that you could pick up anytime, turn to any page, and by mesmerized by the amount of fascinating trivia.
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Cameron Carpenter: The ABC’s Of Rock’n’Roll – Lists
Posted in Opinion with tags Billy Talent, Book of Lists, Book of Rock Lists, Cameron Carpenter, Dave Marsh, DBAWIS, Death From Above 1979, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Goddo, Lowest of the Low, Max Webster, Michael Hollett, music, Nash the Slash, Now Magazine, Now Magazine's 50 Best Toronto Albums, Records, Rough Trade, Rush, segarini, Shanghai Cowgirl, The Diodes, The Pursuit of Happiness, The Viletones, Toronto on January 10, 2013 by segariniNadia Elkharadly: The Two Man Band
Posted in Opinion with tags Cherry Cola's, DBAWIS, Death From Above 1979, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Indian Handcrafts, Nadia Elkharadly, Reverend Dead Eye, The Black Keys, The Pack A.D. on January 24, 2012 by segarini
Maybe I’m late to the party, but there are a LOT of two person bands out there! Whether this is a new or old phenomenon, I’m not sure, but it fascinates me. The traditional rock band set up usually consists, at the very least, of a singer, a guitarist, a bassist and a drummer. Now, traditional and rock and roll are two concepts that don’t tend to go together very often. Rock is about rebellion, about breaking barriers and most of all about challenging conventional notions. Whether it’s dropping a bassist, dropping a guitarist, or just dropping convention, these bands are some of the two person (in most cases) that have caught my ear.
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