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[Album Review] Strippers Union | The Duece
Thankfully, Strippers Union did not drop a deuce for The Duece. No sophomore slump for these guys. Most of the band s back with the only move being Simon Kendall making an exit for Murry Atkinson on keys. Rob Baker and Craig Northey are again…
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[Album Review] Strippers Union | Stripper’s Union Local 518
When I bought Strippers Union’s 3- The Undertaking from their website last year, they threw in their debut album Local 518 from 2005 for free! Well dang. It ain’t often that I get free music around here! Don’t worry though, my opinion of the album…
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[Album Review] The New Odds | Cheerleader
Odds went on hiatus after Craig Northey left the band in 1999 and it wasn’t until 2007 that a comeback began to build. Steven Drake’s (the band’s 2nd singer/guitarist/songwriter) career as a music producer/ engineer had taken off so he remained the only holdout as…
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[Concert Review] Ron Sexsmith | Peterborough: Market Hall | March 31, 2022
Just like my review of Alice Cooper’s show, this will be another long post for me. If you prefer, you can skip my ramblings and head straight to it right here. The Set-Up Ron Sexsmith is not only one of my favourite people to follow…
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[Concert Review] Alice Cooper | Toronto: Merdian Center | March 26, 2022
This post is a bit of a long one for me. I guess I have a lot to share! If you prefer to skip my ramblings you can head straight to the review right here. The Set-Up I know, this website is called “Canadian Grooves”,…
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[Album Review] Candi & The Backbeat | Candi
Canadians have exported many influential artists onto the music scene. Leonard Cohen, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell… but none have been bigger than Candi. Don’t believe me? Well, you just haven’t been paying attention and have not done your research as I have. It is no…
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[Album Review] Northey Valenzuela
For Craig Northey’s next project, he teamed up with Jesse Valenzuela from the… Gin Blossoms? Yeah, I had not thought about them in almost 30 years too. And, It is a good thing I looked them up before writing this because I had them confused…
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[Album Review] Craig Northey | Giddy Up
After Odds released what in my opinion is their best album Nest in 1996, they toured for almost the remainder of the decade until Craig Northey up and quit the band in ’99. Thankfully, he continued to make music. Northey’s 2001 debut solo album, Giddy…
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[Album Review] Odds | Nest
Isn’t it great when an album reintroduces itself into your life? Nest made that move last summer where I spent a good chunk of it in our garage. The roof on Sarah’s car was having some serious issues with rust, and since she was working…
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[Album Review] Odds | Good Weird Feeling
Odds third album, Good Weird Feeling, was a scorching hot release in 1995. Well, at least it was here in Canada. It spawn five singles, Truth Untold, Eat My Brain, Satisfied, Mercy To Go, and I Would Be Your Man. It earned the band three…
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[Opinion] The Tragically Hip 15 Studio Albums & EPs | Ranked Worst to First
It has been a bit of a busy week behind the scenes here at Canadian Grooves which left little room to make the time for reviewing an album. So, to make up for it I’ve decided to cash in on a bankrupt idea instead! Like…
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[Album Review] Odds | Bedbugs
Odds were on the upswing for their second album, Bedbugs. Not only did they get the Canadian comedy troupe The Kids In The Hall to be in the video for the album’s first single, Heterosexual Man, but they also locked in THEE Warren Zevon as…
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[Album Review] Odds | Neopolitan
For the majority of my life, I thought the name was “The Odds”. But it is just “Odds”. Fun fact. An even funner fact: I’m not a fan of Neopolitan ice cream or mixing flavours in general. The fewer the ingredients, the better. My past…
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[Album Review] Colin James | Blue Highway
I really enjoyed Colin James’ previous blues album, National Steel which came out way back in 1997. So, I’m a little embarrassed to admit how I completely slept on Blue Highways when it was released in October of 2016. I remember him promoting it on…
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[EP Review] The Tragically Hip | Saskadelphia
A new Hip EP in 2021?!?!?!? Whaaaa????!!!!… said no one. We ALL knew the post-humous releases were going to be heading our way after The Tragically Hip’s team captain Gord Downie passed away in 2017. Lost tapes will be found, unreleased live shows will be…
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[Album Review] Strippers Union | 3 – The Undertaking
Strippers Union’s 3 – The Undertaking was released early in 2021, right as I was diving into all of The Hip’s albums, so I put them on the back burner. Yeah, not so fast. It was then pointed out to me how I needed to…
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[Album Review] TUNS | Duly Noted
Released in late March of 2021, Duly Noted is TUNS’ second full album and first new music since 2018. The band is labeled as a “Canadian indie rock supergroup” on their Wikipedia page, as it consists of Mike O’Neill of The Inbreds, Matt Murphy of The Super Friendz, and… Chris Murphy of Sloan. So,…
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[Album Review] Coney Hatch | Live At the El Mocambo
This is the very first Coney Hatch album I have purchased. DeKe over at Thunder Bay Arena Rock got me hooked on them after he posted a few writeups. I gave their debut a stream, then their next two albums… before I knew it I…
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[Book Review] The Never-Ending Present | The Story of Gord Downie and The Tragically Hip
When I was in high school, my final assignment for Grade 12 literature was to choose three novels about one subject and write an essay. I blew the assignment by taking too broad of an approach and not incorporating enough from the three books. I…
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[EP Review] Max the Axe | Oktoberfest Cheer
I can sum up Max the Axe’s latest EP, Oktoberfest Cheer in two words. Bitter Sweet. The best sound to ascend from Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario is not completely over but it will not be the same going forward. Lead singer Eric “Uncle Meat” Litwiller announced on…
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[Album Review] The Tragically Hip | Man Machine Poem
Welcome to the 19th installment of my reviews for the discography of The Tragically Hip! These are tandem reviews with my amazing wife, Sarah who is posting her own over at Caught Me Gaming. So be sure to check out her write-up for Man Machine…
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[Album Review] The Tragically Hip | Fully Completely: Deluxe Edition
Welcome to the 18th installment of my reviews for the discography of The Tragically Hip! These are tandem reviews with my amazing wife, Sarah who is posting her own over at Caught Me Gaming. So be sure to check out her write-up for Fully Completely…
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[Blu-ray Review] The Tragically Hip | Bobcaygeon
Welcome to the 17th installment of my reviews for the discography of The Tragically Hip! These are tandem reviews with my amazing wife, Sarah who is posting her own over at Caught Me Gaming. So be sure to check out her write-up for Bobcaygeon right here! …
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[Album Review] The Tragically Hip | Now For Plan A
Welcome to the 16th installment of my reviews for the discography of The Tragically Hip! These are tandem reviews with my amazing wife, Sarah who is posting her own over at Caught Me Gaming. So be sure to check out her write-up for Now For…
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