Tag: Toronto

Way back when UBL was just getting its start, we attended a show that kind of gave us our first glimpse into the budding Detroit music scene. The first annual Secret Friends Fest’s roster was filled with many up and coming bands mostly from right here in the mitten state. In just...

It seems that lately there has been quite the insurgence of chillwave bands in the last few years that are following in the footsteps of bands like Tame Impala and Neon Indian. Dreamy, lo-fi beach ready tunes are filling up the radio and it’s easy for many of those bands to start to blend together. Enter...

March 28, 2015: Royal Oak Music Theatre, Royal Oak

I would say that my Decemberists kick began back in mid-summer. One of the tracks from The King is Dead just happened to come up while my iPod was shuffling through tracks at work one day and I’ve been listening to the band nonstop...

Bahamas’ newest release, Bahamas is Afie, may be the closest that any album has ever gotten to actual seduction. I could feel myself melting from the first note of opening track “Waves” and suddenly I found myself swooning over every melody and gentle lilt of Afie Jurvanen’s voice. I fell in love.

While Bahamas is Afie sounds like...