“That’s part of what we do with our shows, we make you feel like you’re in our living room and we’re all just hanging out after a nice dinner…listening to music and hearing some road stories too.” It’s fitting The Dodgy’s interview with Caroline Brooks of the Good Lovelies is posted in December. For myself, like the film Love Actually, the Toronto-based, Juno award-winning indie-roots-folk trio has become synonymous to Christmas. They are currently on a Christmas tour across Canada and Washington with the Vinyl Café (kind of like the Canadian version of ‘Prairie Home Companion’). And Brooks, Kerri Ough, and Sue Passmore first played together in Toronto in 2006 at Christmas time where they swapped songs in a folk-festival style – after only…
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A lot of Halloween parties this year will be attended by guests in Breaking Bad, Duck Dynasty, and zombie costumes. But you can be different this year. No one may know who the hell you are, but you’ll stand out from the crowd of pirates, superheroes, and vampires. Here are five dodgy costume ideas that you probably won’t see. Ronnie Woo Woo Unofficial Chicago Cubs’ mascot who’s loathed and loved equally among Chicagoans. His reach extends beyond Chicago, as he has brought his distinctive cheers (that he punctuates with “Woo!” and annoy many) to places such as the Howard Stern Show. Always in his signature Cubs uniform, Woo Woo was at the funeral of Dennis Farina and partied at Lollapalooza. If you’re not an…
Pitchfork named The Belle Game’s song “River” as Best New Track. Another song, “Tradition” – was featured in the season premiere of Grey’s Anatomy. Both tracks are from the Vancouver-based band’s debut album, Ritual Tradition Habit. The Belle Game embarks on its first full American tour this month that includes a stop at Chicago’s Empty Bottle Nov. 1. The Belle Game is Andrea Lo (lead vocals), Adam Nanji (vocals and guitar), Katrina Jones (keyboards and backing vocals), Alex Andrew (rhythm guitar), and Rob Chursinoff (drums). Prior to their new album the band released two EPs – Inventing Letters (2009) and Sleep to Grow (2011). The Dodgy recently spoke with Jones about the origins of The Belle Game, the tour, the new album, and band’s name. Nanji, Andrew,…
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