Blog Author - Michelle Dai

Ya, Ya, Ya: Sum 41 Adds Up
Canada’s Sum 41 have been packing concert halls worldwide for well over a decade. This month they bring their...
Have You Met: Goober Gun
Smell that? It’s the scent of the ’80s. These British pop rockers write frizzy riffs reeking of big hair spray. At first whiff, music snobs may turn...
Have You Met: Acoustic Alchemy
Songs nowadays are loaded down with so many shout-outs and connotations. Sometimes you long for the kind of truly beautiful music where you stop...
Playlist: Wu Ningyue of Buyi
  “Rock ‘N’ Roll on the New Long March” by Cui Jian. Totally overturned my understanding of music. The first time...
He's Always Invited
It takes a special personality to be a wedding emcee – to say those sweet words over and over again with the greatest sincerity. Fortunately for Li...
The Axe Men Cometh: Catch Swedish Metal Legends Opeth Live
  Swedish heavy metal band Opeth will be taking the stage Saturday, February 11 at Tango. If you are in any doubt as to their metal credentials,...
Gentle But Not Softcore: Youngsters Sculpting Soundscapes
Gothenburg may be known as the cradle of melodic death metal, but it also nurtured the much gentler indie sound of post-rockers Immanu El, whose...
Spring Festival Live Music Roundup: Who's Open And Closed, Albums of the Year
Maybe when tons of fireworks make the streets sound like a war zone, live music isn’t needed so much. Like it or not, there’s not much going on in...