Failure at The Mod Club
May 28, 2014
Photos By Olivia Leung Failure haven’t toured in 16 years, not since their few albums in the 1990’s. They made a name for themselves in the alternative rock world, with music that would be as…
Kina Grannis at Mod Club
May 21, 2014
Photos by Olivia Leung. After her husband Jesse Epstein opened the show, Kina Grannis pranced onto the stage with her highly strapped guitar and a smile that could lighten up a cave. The sold out…
Imaginary Future at Mod Club
May 21, 2014
Photos by Olivia Leung Jesse Epstein, known otherwise as Imaginary Future, opened the show for his wife Kina Grannis, of whom he also plays guitar for. He’s basically guaranteed the opportunity to play for both…
Godzilla (2014)
May 18, 2014
Final Rating: 6.8/10 Newcomer Gareth Edwards knows a thing or two about making exciting monster battles. To see Godzilla all primed up (with the occasional battle scar, but they just make him look as though…
To Be Kind - Swans (2014)
May 13, 2014
Final Rating: 9.7/10 What does it mean to be kind? What is moral correctness? What is good? You see the distraught child on the front of Swans’ newest release and you see anything but joy….
Nabuma Rubberband - Little Dragon (2014)
May 13, 2014
Final Rating: 7.2/10 Capsule had a podcast with Frederick Källgren Wallin, the bass player for electronic band Little Dragon, and we talked about the influx of electronic musicians that have been pouring out of Sweden…
Under the Skin (2014)
May 13, 2014
Final Rating: 9.0/10 Jonathan Glazer hasn’t been around for a while. He’s shot some pretty memorable music videos for Blur, Dead Weather, Radiohead and more, and he also made that excellent film that helped kick…
Brendan Canning at The Phoenix Concert Theatre
May 11, 2014
Photographs by Sarah Rix. “I may have overdone it on that last song”, Brendan Canning said sheepishly after adding a ton of reverb to his song live last night. Canning was interesting because he seemed…
Television at The Phoenix Concert Theatre
May 11, 2014
Photographs by Sarah Rix. I conducted a rare interview with the legendary Tom Verlaine of Television last week and he relished in the fact that the youth of today have access to so many songs….