. : : May 18th, 2011 : : . I credit Death Cab For Cutie with my interest in indie pop/rock music. A friend and fellow taper turned me onto them with a copy…
. : : March 23rd, 2011 : : . With the onset of the Junofest the following night, Matt Pond‘s set Wednesday evening, opening for Rocky Votolato at the Drake Underground, almost slipped through the cracks.…
Around this time last year, I was mostly ambivalent about Canadian music. That’s not to say there weren’t Canadian bands I enjoyed, but it extended only so far. Most of…
. : : March 23rd, 2011 : : . 50-weeks and 80-blog posts ago, I started blog.haterhigh.com. It was after I’d just gotten home from my first visit to the Drake Underground, a venue…
. : : March 20th, 2011 : : . The experience of what to watch when going to a concert has changed dramatically for me over the years. When I was young,…
. : : March 20th, 2011 : : . Katie likes to tease me for getting to concerts ridiculously early. Danny Michel‘s performance for the David Suzuki Foundation was only the third show we’ve been to…
. : : March 6th, 2011 : : . Between songs at the Horsehoe Tavern, Telekinesis front man and brain child Michel Benjamin Lerner asks the crowd if they have any questions. “Why are you guys so…
. : : February 19th, 2010 : : . The Horseshoe Tavern had filled up by the start of Rae Spoon‘s opening set, quickly limiting my options for taping positions. At the Horseshoe, I…
. : : February 19th, 2011 : : . I went to The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern (that’s its proper name, with reason!) to see Jenn Grant solely on the word of blog commenter, penpal and friend,…