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[Album Review] Coney Hatch | Friction
Never trust Friction. It will always work against you.
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[Album Review] Coney Hatch | Outa Hand
Remind me to cut my nails. They’re getting Outa Hand.
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[Opinion] Max Webster Albums | Ranked Worst to First
Not as popular as RUSH, not as revered as Saga, and certainly not as obscure as FM. Canada has had the gambit of prog-rock acts and Max Webster is one of them. They may have stuck around for just one album too long, but they…
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[Album Review] Max Webster | Diamonds Diamonds
By ’81, the behind-the-scenes activity at camp Webster was not going well. Disarray with lineup changes and an apathetic record label were the driving forces for Kim Mitchell to dissolve the band. The greatest hits compilation Diamonds Diamonds was the send-off and marked the last…
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[Album Review] Max Webster | Universal Juveniles
It kills me to say it but… almost nothing about Universal Juveniles resonates with me. The music, Rush’s cameo, Kim hanging to the left on the cover art… What the heck? Why did he think we wanted to see his meat and veg? Maybe he…
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[Album Review] Max Webster | Live Magnetic Air
Ah, the ’70s. When Peter Frampton convinced every record label that a live album meant an easy street to riches. And sometimes they were right. Max Webster’s contribution to the trend was 1979’s Live Magnetic Air, a decent success in their native land of Canada…
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[Album Review] Max Webster | A Million Vacations
A Million Vacations is Max Webster’s studio album that earned the most success. It peaked at 13 on the charts, reached platinum level in sales, and has their only top 40 hit*, Let Go The Line. In Canada, that is. Outside of Canada… well, Paradise…
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[Album Review] Sloan | Twice Removed
I came to Slone later than most Canadian Gen-Xers as I didn’t jump on board until Navy Blues. At the time, for reasons I cannot explain, I then dismissed the albums that came before it. Since then, I have come around to enjoying Smeared, One…
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[Album Review] Max Webster | Mutiny Up My Sleeve
Three albums into Max Webster’s catalogue and we finally get to an album that I really, really like instead of love. Actually, Mutiny Up My Sleeve grew on me with its extreme highs this week, so I might enjoy this album even more in the…
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[Album Review] Neil Young and Crazy Horse | Barn (Deluxe Edition)
Great album that includes a film for those who like to watch Neil Young pee.
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[Album Review] Max Webster | High Class in Borrowed Shoes
I can see why many prog fans have fallen for High Class in Borrowed Shoes. This one has the genre taking up a good chunk of the album: The album plays more like a straight rock record as it clocks in at just under 38…
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[Album Review] Max Webster | Max Webster
Delivers a little rock, a little pop, a little prog to help blow those blues away.
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[Album Review] Danko Jones | Power Trio
There is still some great hard rock happening in this world. @DankoJones
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[Album Review] Strippers Union | The Deuce
Thankfully, Strippers Union did not drop a deuce for The Deuce. 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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