Articles by Michael Barclay

Cowboy Junkies Interview with Michael Timmins

Og Records

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

What was the zeitgeist like when you started playing in 1985?There were a lot of bands who had been playing around a lot, either under the...

Mike O'Neill

Adult Entertainment

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

Like most fans of his late, great bass and drums duo the Inbreds, I first met Mike O'Neill in a dingy bar at an all-ages show. Seven years...

Rheostatics

Blame Canada

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

Commenting on the Rheostatics' 21st year altering the course of Canadian rock'n'roll, rhythm guitarist Dave Bidini muses, "I wish we could...

The Lonesome Ballads of Handsome Ned and Jr. Gone Wild

Long Time Gone

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

When it comes time to write the history of alt-country — that is, the reinvention of country music by a generation weaned on punk — it will...

Ron Sexsmith Is Worth Waiting For

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

Ron Sexsmith's new beginnings echo his start in Toronto's songwriter community over 12 years ago. His fifth album Blue Boy, recorded last J...

The Smugglers

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

Vancouver's stylish sultans of sleazy garage rock are winding down their year-long tour supporting Rosie, their 2000 album and the finest o...

Carolyn Mark

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

Carolyn Mark has been attracting some international notice as of late, through her work as one half of the Corn Sisters with Neko Case; asi...

The Sweet, Sticky Soul of Lambchop

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

Some artists create sounds that trigger senses other than auditory responses. Listening to a turbo-charged garage rock band conjures the sm...