Words: Jesse Locke // Photoshop: Peter Locke
*This article also appears in the May 2013 issue of Offerings.
Zachary Fairbrother might be best known as the fretboard-shredding frontman of Lantern, but he’s got a whole other set of cards up his jean jacket sleeve. Prior to his time with [...]
Words: Anthony Hansen
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“It was a large room. Full of people. All kinds.
And they had all arrived at the same building
at more or less the same time.
And they were all free. And they were all
asking themselves the same question:
What is behind [...]
Words: Kevin Stebner
Yeah, I’m late this year. But let’s be honest, all these year-end lists get churned out so fast, leaving no time for perspective, they basically miss all of December in their compiling. I needed the time to let it stew. Normally, these features have the same boring 40 records that are [...]
Words: Jeremy Curry
Since I usually regret something on my “Best Of” list, I would rather just mention that these were some good things I enjoyed at the time. I am sure they aren’t the best, as I know I will find something better that was released this year, many years down the road. [...]
Words: Christopher Laramee
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Carlton Melton
Photos of Photos
Agitated Records
2012
This San Franciscan three piece came out of nowhere (for me) and blew my head clean off. Spaced synthscapes and burnt riffs for days, these guys up the ante and stand out in a BIG way in [...]
Words: Jesse Locke
Amongst other YouTube vortexes I’ve been sucked into as of late like the BBC’s Brittania series or the generous selection of Peel Sessions from the saint known as Vibracobra23, my most recent obsession is Neue Deutsche Welle. This overtly German strain of New Wave / post-punk from the [...]
Words: Christopher Laramee
Earth – Phase 3: Thrones and Dominions (Sub Pop) – 1995
This album contains eight songs spread across two 12”s, clocks in at 55:04 and was released in 1995 (as stated above). Now that we got the technical shit out of the way, let’s get on with it. Dylan [...]
Words: Jesse Locke
A shorter version of this article originally appeared on Noisey, and it is also included in the November issue of Offerings, which can be found in selected shops and spaces on the streets of Toronto.
Something strange is lurking in the wilds of Nova Scotia. For their [...]
Words: Christopher Laramee
Flipper – Blow’n Chunks (ROIR) 1984 / Reissue: 2001
Despite being consistently labeled a “hardcore” band by dint of association of the scene they grew out of and the bands they played with around the San Francisco area in the late ’70s/early ’80s, Flipper were one of those [...]
Wizardess of words Emma Healey reads from her latest collection, Begin With The End In Mind, at Type Books in Toronto this Friday. Here is an excerpt.
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Torontoist
We have a lot of feelings about this. Always stood in the city for our own inner still it’s too up-reach too [...]
