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Concert Review: Dead Can Dance, August 23, Sony Centre

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Allison in Concerts | 2 Comments

I have often pondered what makes a live performance great. This point of conversation has been discussed ad-nauseum at the Panic Manual, and while the specific response varies from contributor to contributor, most everyone describes what I will label as an experiential exchange. It’s not that listening at home to an album isn’t an experience; it’s just that it’s a one-sided experience. There’s distance between the art and its reception–and it’s not what I would call a shared connection. Perhaps … →

Album Review: Dead Can Dance – Anastasis [2012, PIAS Recordings]

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Allison in Albums | Leave a comment

There are some bands, that despite being on my radar at the time, completely managed to pass me by. Dead Can Dance was one of those bands, who along with the Cocteau Twins managed to build the iconic, sepia-toned aesthetic of 4AD Records. The politics of record labels, domestic and foreign distribution rights, and other seemingly antiquated notions in this digital internet age, but are ultimately what shaped 4AD’s forage into the North American market through a distribution deal co-founder … →

Concert Review: Circle of Buzzards, Sentridoh, Sebadoh, August 21, Horseshoe Tavern

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Allison in Concerts | 2 Comments

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” – Oscar Wilde If anyone subscribes to this mantra onstage, it’s Lou Barlow. Barlow, Jason Loewenstein, and drummer Russ Pollard Bob D’Amico (thanks to the commenter below) were back in Toronto for the second time in as many years. This time with a triple-loaded billing starting with Loewenstein’s Circle of Buzzards, followed by Barlow’s solo act (this time under Sentridoh), and finally Sebadoh. Walking in towards the end of Circle of Buzzards’ scream-laden … →

Concert Review: Tennis, Sharon Van Etten, July 31, Phoenix Concert Theatre

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Allison in Concerts | 1 Comment

Tennis is one of those bands that, like Best Coast, naturally lends itself to thoughts of catching waves, frizzante drinks, and summer. In Tennis’s case, the husband and wife duo of Patrick Riley and Alaina Moore throw in a Cape-Coddish boating tinge to their music, and you can easily imagine yourself at the yacht club dance circa the early 1960’s. In otherwords, I don’t think the latest accused Colorado mass-shooter was knocking back beers at the Hi-Dive watching this Denver-based … →