The Disciplines- Live In Sweden 2009
Ken Stringfellow has been a member of so many bands and projects it's hard to keep track of all his musical contributions be it as a singer, songwriter, musician, arranger and producer. According to...
View ArticleWhoa, It's Been Thirteen Years Of Trouble!! Day One: Kathleen Edwards
Yes, it's true. Teenage Dogs In Trouble is still going strong after celebrating 13 years of being online earlier this month. Despite the lack of posts so far in 2019, I'm hoping to make up for it with...
View ArticleRemember The Albert? Day 2: Husker Du Live In Winnipeg 1984
Yes, you must remember the Albert? The iconic scuzzy punk rock club on Albert Street inside the Royal Albert Arms Hotel in the historic Exchange area of downtown Winnipeg is back! This club played host...
View ArticleR.I.P. Ric Ocasek- Day 3: The Cars Live In 1978
I'm sure you've heard or read about this already, but Ric Ocasek, frontman for the band, The Cars passed away on September 15th of "natural causes" while recuperating from surgery. The official cause...
View ArticleMore Trouble Boys! The Replacements- Pleased To Meet Me Sessions: Day 4
Yesterday was the release date for the re-imagined remixed version of the Replacement's sixth album, Don't Tell A Soul, Dead Man's Pop. I re-ordered this deluxe 4 CD/ 1 LP box set back when I first...
View ArticleBack From Europe! R.I.P Kim Shattuck: Day 5
It's been a couple of weeks since I returned from my European vacation, we spent a week in Prague in the Czech Republic and almost a week in Barcelona, Spain. The main idea of the trip was originally...
View ArticleMore Muffs! The Muffs- Live 2015: Day 6
After I posted an older Muffs show last week I thought I should follow it up with a more recent concert as a tribute for the untimely death of Kim Shattuck from the Muffs. The night I made my last...
View ArticleArt Bergmann- Live on Granville Island: Day 7
Art Bergmann by James O'Mara (1990)One of the joys of running this music blog is actually knowing someone out there is reading the blog and hopefully share a similar taste in music. Another joy would...
View ArticlePaul Westerberg and The Replacements- A Couple Upgrades and Updates
A couple months back I posted the Replacements, Pleased To Meet Me Sessions. Thanks to reader Will, he recognized the version of Tommy Stinson's, If There's Trouble On The Way (track 17), as the copy...
View ArticleHo Ho, Wilco Is Coming Back To Town! Day 8: Live From The Horseshoe 1997
It's been over ten years since I've seen Wilco live and a lot has happened since 2008. They have since released 5 albums as Wilco and Jeff Tweedy has 3 solo records, a memoir book and an album as...
View ArticleTegan And Sara- CBC Radio 1998 & First Demo- Day 9
As we close in towards the end of 2019, a lot of reviews and best of lists for the past 12 months is upon us. I was listening to the national CBC radio program Q this morning and they are apparently...
View ArticleThe Zombies- Live On The BBC 1965-1967: Day 10
Not only are we nearing the end of the year, but we are also closing in on the end of the decade. This got me thinking of bands that have been around for over 50 years that are still active either...
View ArticleThe Rutles- Millstones, R.I.P. Neil Innes: Day 11
Happy New Year! It's 2020, but I still have some unfinished business from 2019. I'm still trying to complete the #13yearsoftrouble series, that celebrates the 13th year that this blog has been active...
View ArticleJoe Jackson Band- Early Live concert 1978: Day 12
Sometimes some shows are too good to pass up to post on the blog. A live recording from an early Joe Jackson was upped on Dime last month and though I have many JJ live recordings with better sound...
View Article13 years Of Trouble Finale Finally! Young Fresh Fellows- Live At Kirby's...
This blog has been hanging around for the last 13 years and to commemorate this hard-to-believe feat, I've been posting the #13yearsoftrouble tribute series and finally...it's reached day 13! As a...
View ArticleThey Might Be Giants: 30 Year Flood- Live 1990
With each new calendar year, in the music selling biz there is the nostalgic "looking back" to past album releases and "celebrating" anniversaries from their original release date. Often they are...
View ArticleWilco- Live In Winnipeg, March 11, 2020
"You guys are killer!", a fan seated a row in front of me and about 5 seats or so over shouted out between Handshake Drugs and War On War. Jeff Tweedy: "That's the kind of individual support we're...
View ArticleGraham Parker- Squeezing Out Sparks Solo Acoustic
Thoughts of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) have taken over our lives. It has affected the way we interact with people, how we cautiously move about and how a weird sense of taking back control of our lives...
View ArticleNeil Young Tribute- Live In Winnipeg 1995
With most everyone practicing social distancing, it is an opportunity to sort your record collection and an opportunity to listen to music you have been meaning to listen to. These days, streaming is...
View ArticleBlue Shadows- Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto 1994
Since I'm officially going to be laid off from my work starting April 1 (no joke!) because in my province, all non-critical and essential services and business will close at least for the next two...
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