And The 47th Annual Schmolaris Prize Goes To…
Well, it's that time of year again. The time when Canadian music lovers congregate reverently in front of their screens and devices to celebrate the greatest independent artistic achievement...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | If I Were Jack White
We just bought one of those dream home lottery tickets. I never like the lottery homes, and would always opt to sell the damn thing and get something more...
Thunder Pie | There’s Another Way
There’s another way across the parking lots of broken glass like berries in a field. There’s another way of describing what happened. There’s another way to capture the essence....
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Not All Vinyl Is Created Equal
More and more I've been seeing the word "styrene" in record descriptions on Discogs. The online selling / shopping / cataloguing service allows you to list, buy or sell...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel: Playlist Payload
I have had a bunch of half-baked column ideas lately. I can come up with what seems like a cool topic to write about — but once I start...
Thunder Pie | Raw Power
The past few days have found me wrestling with monsters. Big questions, I mean. Important things to me that maybe don’t add up to much for others but mean...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Insane In The Campaign
I recently did something I've never done before — watched a live broadcast of an American political event. Specifically, I tuned in for the final night of the Democratic...
20 Questions With Jeremy Dion
Jeremy Dion doesn't waste any time. Why, just last week the Colorado singer-songwriter and licensed therapist debuted his new single Bend In The Middle — the buoyant title track...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Might As Well Go For A Soda
A record shop buddy of mine and I were discussing the unparalleled excellence of Ian Paice the other day. The Deep Purple drummer is perhaps my favourite in rock....
Thunder Pie | Scroll of Jawns: Episode 4
jawn /jôn/ noun (chiefly in the greater Philadelphia metropolitan area) used to refer to a thing, place, person, or event that one need not or cannot give a specific...
Concert Review: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | Toronto, Aug. 21, 2024
Back in the ’80s, Keith Richards once described Tom Waits as "a great bunch of guys.” Whenever people ask me what King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard sound like,...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Mahalo For The Memories
As a frequent peruser of thrift-shop record stacks, I can say with some degree of certainty that the addition of Hawaii as the 50th state on Aug. 21, 1959...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Gimme Shelter
In the past few months I've read books about Sly & The Family Stone, Moby Grape, The Rolling Stones and Black Sabbath. In each of these, there's a major...
Thunder Pie | Me And You, Drinking A Forty, Up On The Rainbow Bridge...
“There are no facts, only interpretations.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche
It’s 9 on Thursday morning. I’m in the yard, bare feet in the fat green grass, as Angus, the silver lab, is...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | The Music of Sesame Street
Many of us grew up with Sesame Street. One of the big components of the show has always been music — and I think the stuff from my childhood...
