Album Review: Broken Social Scene – “Hug of Thunder”

Admittedly, this newly released project from the popular indie rock/pop group Broken Social Scene, was one of the first times that I really took the time to listen to their material in-depth. That being said, after doing some prior research…

We Are Sex Bob-Omb: The Music of Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World

Preamble Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World is perhaps the apex of cinematic genre mashups. Edgar Wright has described the film as a musical where massive comic book battles take the place of song and dance numbers. He masterfully characterizes each…

Metric Announce New Album “Pagans in Vegas”

Canadian indie rockers Metric have announced they will release their sixth album, Pagans in Vegas, on September 18th. The record is the followup to 2012’s Synthetica and will be released on their own MMI label, through which they have released their last…

Top 10 Famous Bandmate Relationships

What would Hollywood be without some inner-bandlationship scandals every now and then? Not half as interesting, obviously. In no particular order, really, I’ve put together a list of our couples that managed to stick it through and others that just…

Concert Review: Metric at The Fillmore

So, last Friday night I had the chance to live out one of my dreams, and that dream happened to be seeing Metric live in concert. I took the day off from school and work to spend the afternoon with…