• Japandroids with Wavves, Happy Hollows, and Grooms at NXNE

    The first time I saw Japandroids was during the summer of 2009. A hot sweaty night found me impatiently waiting for the Vancouver duo at the El Mocambo, a Toronto staple for independent music. Hot off the release of their debut full-length Post-Nothing, one of my favourite releases of the year, it is needless to …

  • Machotaildrop

    “What does this have to do with skateboarding?” This is the line which stuck out the most to me after leaving the theater from the beyond bizarre experience which is Machotaildrop (2009). The film follows an aspiring teenage skateboarder named Walter Rhum in an alternate 90s reality in which skateboarding is the primary focus of everything… or is …

  • Journal – Unlorja

    Where do I begin? Unlorja, so much like the anchoring fable that is its concept, embodies magic – To quickly usher its formal shell out of the way, the recognizable melting pot of technical death metal, emotive post hardcore, and outrageously mathematical fusion comes second to the grand sonic vision that is Unlorja. And yet …

  • Loganism: Hearwax 2.0 and the Like

    It is odd for me to think that a blog that started as reviewing music with a couple friends, has actually become something with a little web presence, and actual readers.  And yet, here I am, about to let you readers know what exactly has been going on at Hearwax. If you follow the site …