Pharoah Sanders came to town to play and was introduced as Jazz Royalty, which, truly, he is, even if he is now more a king than the joker he once

For most, last Tuesday the 24th February was probably like any ordinary start to a working week. Monday was done and dusted and Tuesday was well on its way into becoming Wednesday. For me however, Tuesday was something quite different…

If I could pick a phrase that would sum up my day it would be “Don’t be that stereotypical fan-boy Pete! Be cool.”

On Tuesday night I saw Banks’ Laneway sideshow in St. Stephens Uniting Church and whilst there I had a sudden epiphany or maybe it was some sort of religious experience, nonetheless I came to the awesome realization that more non-gospel related artists need to perform in churches. Here are my reasons why:

I know it makes me sound like a bit of an asshole, but I get to go to pretty much any show I want to these days. And I go to a LOT of shows.

In somewhat of a throwback to the #DeepHouse of the early 2000’s, some of our fave Canadians Caribou tore up the East Village’s Webster Hall last week as the Fall air turned wintery in New York.

FUCK. YES.


Our BFFs Portugal. The Man are heading down under for an entire month to play a whole bunch of FREE* shows.


Tell ALL your mates… yep, even your Evil Friends (never not finding an excuse to plug that record) and check for all the dates HERE.