Tag Archive for the term: songwriting

Summertime!!! Nice things are happening, like swimming, bicycle-riding in Verdun, barbecues, etc, including stuff related to our band Nightwood. Plus sunburns and thunderstorms.
First to mention would be our next music video for the song The Bikeriders off of the Big City E.P., which is being shot and directed by Mike Rollo. The song was inspired [...]

I’ve got plans to head over to the park later tonight for a picnic with some friends. Before I leave, I thought I’d share these videos of Amy Winehouse. This is not an ironic, “I love to hate Amy” post. Rather it’s an attempt to present the part of her that is musical.
There are hundreds [...]

Dear Diary,
“Honestly, I just want to play.” Courtney Love, “Rock n Roll Needs Courtney Love” by Pamela Des Barres, Interview 1994
I’m reading a wonderful collection of essays in a book entitled “Rock She Wrote: Women write about rock, pop, and rap” edited by Evelyn McDonnell and Ann Powers. The quote above is from an essay [...]

We love contests out here at Indyish and here’s a good one. While the scheming for the next Monthly Mess is getting finalized, we’ve started recruiting some more performers for the December one. Here’s the part where you take your agendas out and write this down:
-November Monthly Mess, November 24th at the Maxwell Haus
-December [...]

In review: Tori Amos at Place Des Arts, Montreal QC, October 21.
The music we discover as teenagers never leaves us. By the time I turned 13, I was shamelessly addicted to “No Need to Argue” by the Cranberries and “Jagged Little Pill” by Alanis. Parts of those albums still make my heart jump [...]

Cheapy Tuesday’s just a day away, and what better time to promote the bestest movie I’ve seen all year. It’s called “Once,” and it’s a little bouquet of sunshine. This Independent Irish film took home the Audience Choice award at this year’s Sundance, and it’s about time more people around here know what [...]