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Photo Gallery: FYF Fest, Los Angeles 9/3/11
photos by Chad Elder

Photo Gallery: FYF Fest, Los Angeles 9/3/11

Verbicide’s Chad Elder was on hand to snap some incredible pics of the performers and the rowdy crowd.

THE WOODEN BIRDS – Two Matchsticks
reviewed by Garrett Lyons

THE WOODEN BIRDS – Two Matchsticks

The Wooden Birds is a veritable supergroup of modern indie rockers featuring former American Analog Set frontman and Broken Social Scene collaborator Andrew Kenny, drummer [...]

Show Review: NXNE 2011
words by Garrett Lyons | photos by Leigh Metzler

Show Review: NXNE 2011

One of the beautiful things about NXNE is that one can stick with big-name acts, or get adventurous and go find the lesser-known artists.

The Posies – Licenses To Hide

The Posies – Licenses To Hide

The Posies premiere their first song “Licenses To Hide” off the anticipated CD Blood/Candy (September 28) with Ryko. The single, featuring angelic guest vocals from Lisa [...]

BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE – Forgiveness Rock Record
reviewed by Brian McKinney

BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE – Forgiveness Rock Record

Like Lapidus on the “Lost” series finale, Broken Social Scene (under the guidance of founders Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning) wastes no time getting their [...]

Show Review: Sasquatch! 2010
words and photos by Gary Lappier

Show Review: Sasquatch! 2010

The 2010 Sasquatch Music Festival is now in the bag, and now that the last notes of Ween’s epic closing set have floated back into the ether, I am here to fill you in. The weekend, which took place at The Gorge Ampitheatre in George, Washington, in was chock full of good, bad, and some truly ugly moments.

Verbicide Select Mixtape Volume 3

Verbicide Select Mixtape Volume 3

Has it really been almost two months since our last mix? Hey, give us a break. We’ve been busy. All this groundbreaking music coverage doesn’t write itself, you know. Plus, we had the holidays to contend with. Everyone’s busy around the holidays, right? Yeah, that’s a feasible excuse…

Metric – Help I’m Alive (80 Kidz Remix)

Metric – Help I’m Alive (80 Kidz Remix)

Formed in Toronto but, at various times, based in Montreal, London, New York and L.A., Metric boasts the sort of history that requires one of [...]

Show Review: Metric at La Zona Rosa, Austin 12/1/09
words by Nate Griffin | photos by Cayte Nobles

Show Review: Metric at La Zona Rosa, Austin 12/1/09

If she wanted to, Emily Haines of Metric could start an outright riot. I witnessed her come close to inciting a riot in March of 2004 at Nashville’s Exit/In, when Haines had so much command of the frenzied audience that she was able to pull us back from the edge.

AMY MILLAN – Masters of the Burial
reviewed by Garrett Lyons

AMY MILLAN – Masters of the Burial

Amy Millan steps away from Stars and Broken Social Scene for her second solo album. Masters of the Burial is a stellar collection of delicately [...]

STILL LIFE STILL – Pastel
reviewed by Brian McKinney

STILL LIFE STILL – Pastel

Pastel is the precursor to upcoming long-player, Girls Come Too, from Toronto five-piece, Still Life Still. With luscious undertones of fuzz, disjointed riffing, and reverb-doused [...]