The Music Tank

Random Recipe and A-Rock at Club Lambi

I went to Club Lambi this past Friday to see Random Recipe who were throwing a Xmas party before the end of the year. The venue was all decorated with a fancy buffet of jello and rice krispies in the back and even sexy Santa and his wife were invited to take christmas pictures with [...]

Gossip, MEN and Silly Kissers at Le National

Three years later, Gossip finally decided to book a night in Montreal again! The town was so excited that it got the first venue, La Sala Rossa, sold out in a few weeks. The demand was so high that Blue Skies Turn Black decided to move the show downtown to Le National to get it [...]

Top 10 albums of 2009

Once again I’ve decided to put up a Top 10 list of my favorite albums of the past year. Let’s just say that 2009 has been a good year musically. Accompanying each selection is a intricate brief description as well as “Notable” tracks, which are basically my 3 favorite songs off my favorite albums.
10. Kev [...]

Free Fridays: Metazon + Kev Brown x Low Budget Xmas

It just seems natural that this column get a shot in the arm during the sharing part of the year: the holidays. I’ve had the pleasure to enjoy Kev Brown’s “Random Joints EP” for over a month now (available on iTunes) and it’s the man himself that will grace our ears for a while again.
Metazon [...]

Mick Boogie & Peter Bjorn & John – Re-Living Thing

Mixtape king Mick Boogie had the chance to head a remix project for the indie-pop band Peter Bjorn & John. The process gave way to a hord of familiar hip-hop producers and rappers all collaborating on a re-envisioning of PB&J’s Living Thing album. Even though we live in times of genre-blending, I didn’t think of [...]

Plumbers are metal fans

Unsigned Canadian metal band Nylithia have posted a video of them covering the castle theme song from Super Mario Bros. 1 over on YouTube.
While the cover is surprisingly close to the original song, it’s the video itself that cracks me up. Mario and Luigi headbanging next to a burning princess? That’s a recipe for success. [...]

State of concert ticket sales

Kevin Lyman of Warped Tour and Taste of Chaos fame tells concert goers to buy tour tickets from the official websites. We wonder… why would you even care to tell us?

Friday is not for working

Picture this: you need to get to a friend of a friend’s house for the Superbowl game this Sunday but you have no idea how to get there. All you have is a quick email telling you that this guy lives on Five Points Road in Rush, NY. As you should, you open up Google [...]

Stranger Than Fiction Week 43

I’m doing good this week, one news post!  Woohoo!  And STF is only 2 days late!  Woohoo!
BLACKMAGE SUGGESTS

Sorry for the huge photo.  But seriously, go buy this if you’re looking for something different.  Something very different.

METAL ISN’T GOOD FOR YOU
From nightwatchershouseofrock.com:
Listening to stressful or disturbing music can be bad for the heart, according to a [...]

Stranger Than Fiction Week 42

Right into it!
CARNIVAL OF LIGHT
From CNN:
A “lost” Beatles track recorded in 1967 and performed just once in public could finally be released, according to Paul McCartney.
“Carnival of Light” — a 14-minute experimental track recorded at the height of the Beatles’ musical experimentations with psychedelia and inspired by avant-garde composers such as Karlheinz Stockhausen — has [...]

Stranger Than Fiction Week 41

Busy, busy, busy, that’s all I’ve been.  Haven’t been able to make it to my computer to save my life.  Thus the lack of an STF last week and the lack of news since forever.  Trying again though.  HB really picked up the slack, kudos.
EVERYBODY’S GONNA BE HAPPY
From 411mania.com:
Frontman Ray Davies has made no secret [...]