Author: Chris Laramee
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Shooting Guns at The Juno Awards
Chris Laramee from doom rock purveyors Shooting Guns gives us the mean and dirty low down on being nominated for, and attending, the Juno Awards. My group SHOOTING GUNS was nominated for the 2015 JUNOS in the Metal/ Hard Rock category. Our drummer/ mastermind Jim threw our name in the ring (which you have to…
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Midnight Revolutions: Joy Zippers – American Whip
In this installment of ‘Midnight Revolutions,’ Laramee digs deeper into Joy Zipper’s 2005 album, ‘American Whip.’ So someone spiked the punch on this one. Prime CARPENTERS over-exposed in a Valium drenched daydream? AIR meets Jimmy Webb in a distended Paul Williams scenario, all blanketed in weird memories, old Muppets episodes, dads who went out for…
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Goodnight, Lou Reed
So my cranky uncle Lou (fuck it, that’s the way I felt about him) passed a few days ago. I don’t know what to say, really. He influenced me more than anyone else, ever. His records were weird, cantankerous creations you loved or hated, much like I would imagine the man himself to have been.…
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Midnight Revolutions – Neil Young’s ‘Tonight’s the Night’
Memory Beasts – ‘Tonight’s the Night’ For me, there’s a few records I have that have a serene, almost narcotic-like memory to them. Time is suspended and put away, like dirty dishes in the sink. One is not aware even of listening as an act in and of itself. Scenes flow, time ticks away in…
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Five Great Live Freakouts
FIVE GREAT LIVE FREAKOUTS! (Or, last night your intrepid correspondent stayed up far too late with the headphones on and blew his mind six ways from Tuesday). My Bloody Valentine – ‘You Made Me Realize’ – 1992, THE COMMODORE BALLROOM, VANCOUVER Got this one off Soulseek YEARS ago and I don’t think it’s been bootlegged…