Records
Sarah Harmer: Oh Little Fire
Whatever the modest expectations laid upon Sarah Harmer in the 2000s—for our non-Canadian readers, I hear your “wait, who?” and...
Aug 06, 2010
Records
Crush Buildings: Things Luminous EP
I once told Crush Buildings singer James Romanuk that I thought there was an imperceptible line between those bands finding...
Aug 03, 2010
Records
The-Dream: Love King
“She laughed, she knitted. Standing between her knees, very stiff, James felt all her strength flaring up to be drunk...
Aug 03, 2010
Records
Greenhouse: Electric Purgatory Part Two EP
Part One of this Electric Purgatory project by Columbus hip-hop luminaries Illogic and Blueprint was a salvo of too-perfect beats...
Aug 03, 2010
Records
Directorsound: Two Years Today
If “Best Happy Antique” were a Grammy award category then Swedish imprint Tona Serenad would have a trophy cabinet like...
Aug 03, 2010
Concerts
The New Pornographers
I had never seen all of the New Pornographers live. I last saw the band touring for Twin Cinema (2005),...
Aug 03, 2010
Articles
MMMception
Obviously, CMG is not a movie review site. Sometimes I desperately wish it was. Not often, but sometimes. Sometimes...
Aug 03, 2010
Tracks
RatTail: "Polka Dotspoka"
Whoever it was that said “writing about music is like dancing about architecture” clearly did not foresee the rise of...
Aug 03, 2010
Tracks
Nickolas Mohanna: "Gishiki"
The best thing about carrying out heavy duty electrical works is the music, hands down. But, as any good sparky...
Jul 30, 2010