2008
Jul
The Clips Sound Matterhorn - via Chart...
Jul 25th
UN008 - The Clips - Matterhorn
Jul 22nd
Turn on colour management in Firefox 3.
Jul 19th
Snailhouse interview in Chart Attack
Jul 17th
Inside Entertainment: Concert Review -...
Jul 9th
No Age - "Keechie"
Jul 6th
EYE WEEKLY - Snailhouse Interview
Jul 3rd
Watch
No Age - Eraser (via subpoprecords), directed by Andy Bruntel Link to QuickTime version.
Jul 2nd
Call & Response: snailhouse
Jul 2nd
Reviews:: Snailhouse Lies on the Prize -...
Jul 2nd
Listen
Snailhouse - (Not) Superstitious from Lies On the Prize.
Jul 1st
Watch
An old favorite: Egoexpress - Aranda, directed by Timo Schierhorn
Jul 1st
Jun
THURS JUL 3 2008 - SNAILHOUSE CD release...
Jun 30th
Familiar & JELLYNYC launch The Pool Parties!
Jun 30th
UN007 from Unfamiliar Records
Jun 30th
UN006 from Unfamiliar Records
Jun 30th
Apr
Watch
Home Made Nindento DS. I finished Loco Roco last night. So sad.
Apr 8th
Radiohead: Bangers & Mash | Pitchfork.tv
Apr 7th
A busy Friday
After checking out a great set by Mahogany at Mercury Lounge, we ended up at Studio B last night...
Apr 6th
Pete & the Pirates: Little Death: Pitchfork...
Apr 4th
Fold-Ins
Apr 3rd
James Murphy: Artist of the Decade Too soon to call it? Not...
— URB Magazine
Apr 3rd
Debut EP from Brasstronaut. Coming soon. Visit them on...
Apr 2nd
Pitchfork.tv Launches in One Week
Apr 1st
You know, I had this mistaken understanding of...
— Peter Saville
Apr 1st
Watch
Faunts - “M4 (Part II)” Directed by Ryan Bosworth. High resolution versions of this...
Apr 1st
Mar
Watch
After all the hype, here it is. The latest from Encyclopedia Pictura for Bjork. No, not the 3D...
Mar 31st
Fleet Foxes at The Bowery
So the show at The Bowery last night was great. It was interesting to see how many people were...
Mar 30th
Watch
“Ha Ha Ha America”, a documentary on America’s foreign policy with China, as told...
Mar 30th
Muxtape
Mar 29th
BONATI MASTERING NYC
Mar 28th
The Paper Cranes were recently awarded Most Promising Local...
Mar 28th
Listen
Faunts - M4 (Part II) This is available via iTunes only, as part of the Faunts’ M4 EP. ...
Mar 27th
Mexico Declares War On Emo
Mar 27th
Watch
A preview of Encyclopedia Pictura’s video for “Wanderlust” by Bjork. This has...
Mar 26th
20 Biggest Record Company Screw-Ups of All...
Mar 26th
Listen
Jill Southern w/Chad Blue - “Dancing In The Dark” This is a Bruce Springsteen cover off...
Mar 26th
Edward's last.fm account
Mar 26th
Greg's last.fm account
Mar 26th
Our Twine account
Mar 26th
Listen
Edo remixes The Clips’ Wire into Rewire. Vinyl release? We’ll see. The Clips’...
Mar 25th
Two page spread for Blanc magazine in Amsterdam, by Greg. ...
Mar 25th
LOL
— Edward
Mar 25th
This is Pippin!
Mar 17th
2007
Dec
Pop Montreal - Oct 4, 2007
Pop Montreal is, without a doubt, Canada’s premier music festival. Growing steadily since its...
Dec 17th
2006
Oct
Moving
We’ve moved the blog to a Wordpress installation on our own server! This means we are no...
Oct 14th
Sep
For Boys and Girls
NO FORMAT presents: Harlem Shakes & The Book Of Lists10/05/2006 @ Sneaky Dee’s (Toronto,...
Sep 19th
Aug
Shoegaze Cover Night
NO FORMAT presents: Shoegaze Cover Night 08/23/06 @ TRANZAC (Toronto, Canada) FEATURING: THE...
Aug 22nd
All in threes
Fujiya & Miyagi are not Japanese, but British — though like France’s Colder, they...
Aug 19th
Heavy Brackets
So, Stuart took off to Chicago last week for what I think might have been the best weekend of shows...
Aug 11th
Bedroom Creators
Now, more than ever, young passionate singer-songwriters are making music in their bedrooms. They...
Aug 8th
Whole Lolla Love
Stuart Berman was in Chicago last weekend for Lollapalooza, and has offered his thoughts on the...
Aug 8th
Jul
We're Imperial
My last blog post was a bit controversial with some people (and yes, I bow out at the point were it...
Jul 27th
Two Years Live
So, the AYF? two year anniversary passed with little fanfare. However, it’s never too late...
Jul 24th
Here come the Worm hits
Watching Ladyhawk Friday night at the Rivoli, I was reminded of a band that I had first seen on the...
Jul 23rd
That cat's something I can't explain
You know the drill: rock legend dies; spend rest of week revisiting the catalogue and sifting...
Jul 15th
This World Is A Warm Sunny Park
First off, I want to thank Greg for inviting me to write for AYF? What an honour, for real. As I...
Jul 14th
We Multiply
AYF? covered Birmingham/Rekjavik/London-based (sic) Fields back in January of this year. They...
Jul 13th
Time Has Passed
It has been a month since the last proper AYF? blog entry. A lot has happened in that time. Our Man...
Jul 11th
Jun
Under The Covers
This is a week of dedications. For Marla, it’s Chapterhouse. AYF? already mentioned these...
Jun 5th
May
Decompressed and Nostalgic
So much for keeping up while I was on vacation, but I am finally decompressed and back to...
May 30th
London
Lukas from Fighting just finished off the poster for the NO FORMAT/ATG presentation of Man Man(in...
May 19th
Wet
My friend Julie sent me a link to a band out of Edmonton, Alberta — The Wet Secrets. ...
May 13th
Indulgence
I’d like to thank everyone who comes to AYF? on a regular basis. The site is approaching...
May 11th
Awesome Dragon Man
Everyone in Toronto needs to check out the line-up for the Over The Top festival, which takes place...
May 5th
Apr
Psychedelic Visions
There has been a noticeable lack of up-beat dance action on AYF? lately; this trend continues today...
Apr 25th
Noise
Whoa. What the fuck. OK. So I spent tonight at a rock show, which was actually pretty good. But...
Apr 19th
Dear Seattle
I miss you Seattle. I miss Capitol Hill, I miss Queen Anne. I miss driving to Mount Rainier, and I...
Apr 15th
We dance weird
Quick update, and no easy listening today. Get your head around this shit. —- Last year, Adam...
Apr 11th
We are busy
AYF? is taking a few days off in order to finish up the Unfamiliar Records website. We’ll be...
Apr 11th
Code Pie
There was no Monday update here, because - well - I did a post for the guys at One Louder, and...
Apr 5th
Mar
No, we don't get paid for this
Chicago’s TENKI have been around since 2000, with their first album published in 2003. Their...
Mar 31st
Are we indie?
The Sunday Star featured a large - two page - feature on Canadian indie music. The premise? Canada...
Mar 28th
Treason
Gang Of Four, ESG, James Chance and The Contortions, Liquid Liquid, Wire, PiL. Look at the typical...
Mar 23rd
Exclusive
Two exclusive MP3 offerings today. Thanks to Jason from The Christa Min, and Jeremy Warmsley for...
Mar 21st
Surf, Poni!
Tigersushi just coughed up a couple new Poni Hoax tracks for download. Solid stuff in the vein of...
Mar 17th
Audio/Visual Expression
Last week I covered Bobby Birdman, and briefly mentioned both States Rights Records and YACHT. With...
Mar 15th
The Weather
My bedroom has dark blue (almost black) curtains to block all traces of light. This is good for...
Mar 13th
Feb
Once A Week (Repeat)
Unfamiliar Recordings have released our first CD; the Veins EP from The Paper Cranes. It is...
Feb 26th
A Slight Return
If I were to try explain exactly why the last two weeks were exceptionally shitty, I’d end up...
Feb 16th
Run-Roc vs The Paper Cranes
Run-Roc are D. McNany and Dave Zero — operating out of their recording studio in New York,...
Feb 5th
Jan
Disco Padding
Indie disco beats meet psycho thrillers in Dublin, Ireland. Padded Cell are Richard Sen and Neil...
Jan 31st
Psych-Pop
Good psych-pop can be hard to find — striking that balance between stoned and happy and sad is...
Jan 27th
Transformer
A mini update with a few words from Pascal over at Metrohead out of Germany: Metroheadmusic is a...
Jan 23rd
Dancing in Harlem
The last couple years have seen some amazing genre-bending dance music come and go; so much so that...
Jan 21st
Minimal Attitude
I wanted to present some relatively un-discovered ’80s and ’90s new-wave, techno, and...
Jan 14th
Dance, Austin!
THE ARM Memory lane. Hey remember that shit we called dance-punk (né disco-punk)? And like, The...
Jan 9th
Demo
Demo-Design is Justin Fines. Back in 1997, he started Demo down in Detroit, and has subsequently...
Jan 4th
2005
Dec
Various
It’s one of those moments where AYF? goes off about something new. Not so new as to be...
Dec 31st
In Review
This post is in preparation for New Years. —- Some of the more journalistic moments...
Dec 30th
This girl, she's so dark
Hey so I have this thing for goth girls. I’m not talking PVC and six inch platforms, I mean...
Dec 29th
NO FORMAT: 01/07/2006
NO FORMAT presents PROBABLY VAMPIRES(Chicago)The Two Koreas Saturday January 7thThe Bagel (On...
Dec 25th
Vacation?
Whoa there. Everyone take it easy; leave something for me. All of a sudden wherever I look there are...
Dec 25th
Fleeting
My love for Victoria’s indie-pop scene keeps growing stronger. Shapes and Sizes are a quartet...
Dec 15th
Silence please
It’s that time of the year — the time when all the blog people make their lists. I...
Dec 11th
Felt Tip Techno
Time to play catch-up for the last week. Got some dance-oriented shit to drop tomorrow, but tonight,...
Dec 8th
80 Hour Weeks
Slept at work last Tuesday night Slept at work last Sunday night. Been doing 12 hour days otherwise....
Dec 6th
Nov
Watch me
It’s kind of funny how everyone who writes a blog feels compelled to compile lists, and no...
Nov 29th
Intelligent design
This is not the post I intended to make today. I have a big article waiting as a draft —...
Nov 26th
The truth
In an effort to receive more referring links, I thought I’d let you all know that I am, in...
Nov 21st
Vampires are the new wolves
My friend Ryan says Probably Vampires are like an up-beat version of The Zombies. I kind of agree....
Nov 21st
The Juan Maclean at Shack Up NOV 17th
THE JUAN MACLEAN COMES TO SHACK UP What is The Juan into?Throbbing Gristle, Basic Channel, Maurizio,...
Nov 16th
Tirade
When this blog started, it was all text. It was me bitching and moaning and ranting about things,...
Nov 16th
Let's be friends
Another wonderful week of 12 hours workdays, and two wicked bands to listen to: —- Bodies Of...
Nov 11th
Just For A Day (Shoegaze Part 5)
My PC pretty much packed it in. Fortunately, I had a really nice workstation donated to me by a...
Nov 6th
From Seattle to New Zealand
Seattle is a fun place to hang out. They have bars like the Cha Cha and Linda’s where you can...
Nov 3rd
2 Boys + 2 Girls = Really Good Time
Some time ago I posted a low-bitrate track by a Colorado-based band called Matson Jones. They now...
Nov 1st
Oct
Vacation
(Still) in Vancouver until Sunday. Regular updates will resume next Monday. The Paper Cranes’...
Oct 27th
Colouring Paper
Miranda from The Paper Cranes sent me a link to another excellent Victoria band today. ...
Oct 20th
Unfamiliar (Shoegaze Part 4)
For the remainder of the shoegaze retrospective, I will only be linking people or references which...
Oct 16th
I Love Lice
Measles-Mumps-Rubella are from Washington DC — they recently moved up to New York (you know?...
Oct 15th
Back to normal
Hey, I noticed at least one comment left while everything was being rebuilt. Sorry, anything you may...
Oct 14th
Review: Faunts - High Expectations/Low...
Are You Familiar? receives quite a few emails from musicians looking to have their music...
Oct 13th
Rare Beginnings (Shoegaze Part 3)
Thanks to Funtime OK for giving us a permanent link; I’ve been a reader for a while — go...
Oct 11th
The Spiral Continues (Shoegaze Part 2)
In the meantime, over in England in the late ’70s, something big was going on. Punk had...
Oct 10th
Slip Slowly Downwards (Shoegaze Part 1)
A week off, and my burn-out seems to have subsided. Huge thanks to everyone who came out to see Man...
Oct 9th
Sep
NO FORMAT: 10/02/2005
NO FORMAT presents Sunday October 2nd MAN MAN(Philadelphia, Ace Fu)Honus Honus is the primary...
Sep 29th
NO FORMAT: 09/29/05
NO FORMAT presents Thursday September 29th 2005 at the SILVER DOLLAR MY PROJECT: BLUEFrom...
Sep 26th
Guest Blog #3: Stuart Berman
Yes, Stuart comes through and saves me from my own slackness — there will indeed be an update...
Sep 25th
Eyes on the floor
I’m working on this shoegazer retrospective over the next couple of days. Expect tracks from...
Sep 23rd
Space Ark
The chaotic dust cloud is coming. We must prepare the Space Ark and head to Andromeda. (Just...
Sep 22nd
Deprivation
When I first heard the new Strokes single, Juicebox (or Juice Box), I was skeptical. The blatant...
Sep 20th
Man Man
NO FORMAT presents Sunday October 2nd MAN MAN (Philadelphia, Ace Fu) (www.wearemanman.com)Honus...
Sep 20th
New layout
I redesigned the site layout a bit this evening. It should be easier to read (black on white, versus...
Sep 19th
Good Day Sunshine
Admittedly, I liked the first Bloc Party EP far more than I ever liked the album. It was good, but...
Sep 18th
One hundred
Thanks to everyone who has been reading this shit for the last - almost - year and a half. This is...
Sep 14th
Interview: Final Fantasy
I conducted this interview a few months ago for a magazine called HoBo. Unfortunately, our interview...
Sep 12th
Passive Vengeance
I live by myself — this allows me to do lots of fun stuff, like drink orange juice directly...
Sep 11th
Interview: Jonathan Vance
Screw all this emo shit. Fuck you mainstream media jerk-offs for commercializing what was once cool,...
Sep 9th
Punk Rock Electronics
—- Updates are slow due to the No Format show this week, sorting out our next show on the...
Sep 6th
NO FORMAT: 09/07/05
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 7TH 2005 NO FORMAT: TORONTO #3PUNK ROCK versus ELECTRONICS THE SOCIAL - 1100...
Sep 4th
I see things
As a result of a rather hectic week, I am going to bed early, missing the Chromatics show, and...
Sep 2nd
Aug
Review: Broken Social Scene - S/T
When a friend asks for your opinion on something they’ve done, it’s always difficult....
Aug 31st
Hack
Jaime says I need to stop arguing with people about music on message boards for fun. It’s a...
Aug 29th
No No No