The Last Drop

About time someone declares a war on Kanye West. Let (real) arrogance meet (fake) arrogance in a steal cage, ladder, casket royal rumble retirement match. Yeah, I caught the last SmackDown on TNT. What can I say, I still got love for the Undertaker

In some ways, I actually would like for Stephen’s scenario to play out. The record industry subverted by a viral effort based on a fake political commentary host. Now if that is not innovative, what is?

Vote NO on Prop Autotune

Stars, In Our Bedrooms, After the War - Oh Canada! And men (or a man)! It was bound to happen, and I’ve finally moved on to groups with mixed genders. And a well known one at that. In Our Bedrooms, After the War follows in similar footsteps as the previous album Set Yourself on Fire. However, the group has taken a solid step towards a mainstream sound with this album. Which may be it’s greatest downfall. Much of the album’s sound seems poised for an adult contemporary station (insert any Lite FM name here – I particularly like Sunny 109). They are already a softer rocking band due to the strong association of lyrics surrounding relationships and the actual singers preferring a more subdued delivery. Still, I wanted them to really rock at one point and I don’t think it ever got there. Plenty of builds and tension abound. Just not enough rockin’. Further, on ” The Ghost of Genova Heights”, Torquill Campbell follows the road of Justin Timberlake and Robin Thicke into white boy falsetto soul. Only it comes of more cheesy than inventive. If only Timbaland gave them a track…sexy could be brought back from Canada. “Personal” also used a strong theme that ended up sounding flat in the performance. Too much of the album fell into the dangerous middle ground which is surprising given the rich music scene currently found in Toronto (particularly from their alma mater Broken Social Scene). I know this band is talented and I wanted to see more of that talent displayed in this recording. I do applaud them for “leaking” their album early online in the face of ever growing illegal downloading. Hopefully they will employ this same inventiveness in future recordings.