Red Hot Chili Peppers – Stadium Arcadium

Full disclosure out of the gate, I am a HUGE RHCP fan. The band has shaped my own playing and provided many great memories. However, I have always been taken aback by the reception to their 2006 album Stadium Arcadium. Fans and the band alike seem to think of Stadium Arcadium as a vessel for a few songs but little more. The fact that during their 2017 appearance in Toronto only 1 song from the…

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Nine Inch Nails – Not The Actual Events

I owe much of my love of music and the desire to blend organics and electronics together to Nine Inch Nails. So I should probably warn you that there will be many more reviews of their music, as they’ve taken it upon themselves to revisit much of their back catalogue. For two reasons, to remaster their less-than-polished releases (which I don’t understand, the raw brutality of the music is pretty key to their sound), and…

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Rick and Gailie – The Lost Album

Rick and Gailie have been staples of the local music scene in Peterborough for a good time now. I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know them ever so slightly through the day job, and they really are fantastic people, old school flower-power hippies from a time when it mattered. And this world could definitely do with some peace and love right now. For years they regularly played The Black Horse Pub on George Street,…

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