Of all the Spice Girls, I’ve always had a fondness for Mel C. She wasn’t my original favourite, but awkward Sporty, with her crooked smile and galumphing tomboy energy, gradually won me over. The fact that she was the only Spice capable of actually singing didn’t hurt. By the time she returned (with fixed-up teeth) for the...
Read Full StoryUntil she was usurped by, er, edgier divas like Paula Abdul, Tiffany was my first encounter with true fandom. There was something about her (her love of mousse and acid-washed denim? Her ...
The zeitgeist in pop music is a slippery and unpredictable thing to pin down. One minute every dude with a yelp and a wiry guitar line wants to lead his own Gang of Four; the next, everything’s ...
Picking on the little whiny guy is generally accepted to be the natural pecking order. So it’s no surprise that emo kids — they of the lanky hair, tear-smeared eyeliner and angst-ridden laments —...
It may not have the same reach as Axl Rose’s much-delayed magnum opus, but to a certain demographic, the premiere of G.B. Jones’ movie The Lollipop Generation is as monumental as the hypothetical release of Chinese ...
Recently in Hollywood, mass slaughter was committed in the name of stardom: American Idol’s desecration of the Lennon-McCartney songbook. The gatekeepers of the Beatles catalogue licensed the tracks to the show, ...
This is punk rock: Damian Abraham, frontman for Toronto hardcore heavies Fucked Up, launches himself off the stage and onto the floor of Sixth Street club Vice; the crowd instinctually gets the hell out of the way, ...
Mahjongg: These Chicagoans’ multiple-drummer-powered grooves are more sinuous than storming, which makes a nice change from the dance-rock norm.
Once again, the cold-weather CanRock craze that is Canadian Music Week has come to a close. In lieu of devoting this week’s Street Spirit column to a proper CMW roundup (you’ll find complete coverage on eyeweekly....
As most folks affiliated with the national music industry gear up for Canadian Music Week, which kicks off tonight (March 6), the country’s music scene has suffered a major loss. After a valiant battle with cancer, ...