The MusicNerd Chronicles

Future is bright for Cop Shades (0)

9/03/10 •

Over the course of the past ten years, the music business and the bands within it have seen unprecedented change take place. The balance of power has unquestionably shifted from labels into the hands of the artists themselves. No longer do bands need to be affiliated with a major record label to be guaranteed some [...]

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Queens Of The Stone Age – Rated R (Deluxe Edition) (Universal Music Canada) (0)

9/02/10 •

At the time of its original release in 2000, Rated R was like very few albums at the time. In an era dominated by boy bands and fleeting pop icons, QOTSA delivered a record that appealed to the stoners and the metal-heads but didn’t tend to lean too heavily either way. In addition to the [...]

Luke Doucet – Steel City Trawler (Six Shooter / Warner Music Canada) (0)

9/02/10 •

Produced by Sloan’s Andrew Scott, the newest record from the great Luke Doucet starts off on a decidedly poppier note than his 2008 effort Blood’s Too Rich. As you get a few songs deeper into the record though, his Neil Young-influenced tendencies start to rear their head on tracks like You Gotta Get It. Straight [...]

The Reason – Fools (Anthem / Warner Music Canada) (0)

9/02/10 •

The lazy people of the world will be quick to compare Canadian band The Reason to Kings of Leon upon hearing the group’s newest record Fools. While the comparison may not be entirely unwarranted, The Reason seems to dig a little deeper under the surface for the inspiration behind their material. This 11 track record [...]

Tales From The Road #1: Cake + beer = BFF? (1)

9/01/10 •

For those of you who don’t me or my past (…gees, that sounds sordid), I like to consider myself a musician first and foremost. I’ve spent almost 20 years playing drums for a band called The Monoxides with my friends Steve, Derek and PJ. Our pal Marco joined the band in 2003 and will sadly [...]