Albums

I don’t know if it’s because they’ve been playing fairly decent mid-size venues (less than hockey arenas, bigger than clubs) up North for a few years now, or what, but a superficiality has overtaken Sloan’s […]

Irony lives in the “great white north” — Mountain they’re not. But a damn fine Pop-Rock combo they are. In real life I’d expect there’d be a fourth on stage since Kleiner’s piano/keyboards have almost […]

During the ten years or so that I was the editor of THE BOB I’d get semi-regular phone calls from various publicity people asking if we were going to do something on some new House […]

After their debut album being a similar effort, on the second one, the former Datsons get back even further in the past, exploring the mod/beat/pop legacy through a contemporary “eye”, for you to “see!”. According […]

As I’ve already said in the review of their recent single release on Pop The Balloon, The Stoneage Hearts seem like something of a moderndaze version of the good ol’ “creamy”, powerhouse super-group trio concept, […]

A band name like this one, goes perfectly well with the moddish pop art aesthetics of these Francophonic beatsters, stuck in the mid-to-end sixties (which is a good thing by the way!). The general vibe […]

Another perfect soundtrack to the summer days from Danny McDonald’s workshop! As we’re already used to, he manages to capture all the wonders of the sun, the surf and the lazy days. The short-sharp-pop opening […]

This is a one-man-band project, a concoction of one Tam Johnstone. He was in the Green Tambourines along with Rick Corcoran, of Orgone Box fame. Unlike the Pop-Sike tone of that project, this has, as […]