aplanetofsound

I tend to overpack. I go home for weekends and bring multiple options for what to wear, both pyjamas and day-wise. Then I Mother Earth announced a first show before the show they originally announced, on the night I get into Toronto. So I will pack a small bag with the bare minimum of what [...]

I have much love for the White Stripes. A year ago today they announced their official breakup, although the writing had been on the wall for awhile. I had the good fortune of being in the front row for their 10th anniversary show, at the Savoy in Glace Bay. It was a little surreal seeing [...]

At another space, someone posed the challenge: 10 albums you can’t do without. 10 records – and only 10 – that you would pick to have with you if you didn’t have access to any other music again. I built my list pragmatically, starting with the artists I couldn’t bear to never hear from again, [...]

While recent posts may seem to indicate otherwise, this blog is not dedicated to I Mother Earth. However, it does focus on my musical interests and the thing about which I am currently most excited is the end of IME’s eight-year hiatus. I suspect I’m like a lot of their fans and didn’t realize how [...]

When last we saw this music fan, she was wishing people good will while secretly gritting her teeth that she wouldn’t be able to take in the I Mother Earth non reunion show in Toronto. Then someone (Steph) asked me why. I didn’t have a good answer. Then I had people offering to put me [...]

So, the long-awaited (it was two weeks in the making but felt much, much longer) announcement by I Mother Earth came tonight. Jag, Chris, Brian and Bruce have reconnected, have been writing some new material and will play a one-off show at the Sound Academy in Toronto on March 23. Ticket details can be found [...]

Hawksley Workman with Symphony Nova Scotia Rebecca Cohn, Halifax, NS SET LIST Autumn’s Here (with symphony) arranged by Keith Power Song for Sarah Jane (with symphony) arranged by David Christensen Your Beauty Must be Rubbing Off (Hawksley and Lonely) Ice Age (Hawksley and Lonely) Goodbye to Radio (with symphony) arranged by Jesse Zubot Smoke Baby [...]

That’s the cryptic image that met visitors to www.imotherearth.ca Tuesday morning. I discovered this when I noticed someone on my friends list sharing it with multiple other people on Facebook, so of course, I promptly did the same. If R.E.M. defined my teenage years, I Mother Earth was the band of my mid-20s. A Toronto-based [...]

My New Year’s resolution is to do a better job up updating this blog. 2011 was a great year for music. It’s always good to find new music, and I did that, and some artists that I’ve dug for a long time released some amazing material. 10. Chad Van Gaalen – Diaper Island This is, [...]

Document. That was my first R.E.M record. Well, cassette. I bought it in the music section of Woolco in Port Hawkesbury soon after it was released. I remember the day that I bought it because a cute older boy I knew from school saw my selection and complimented me on it. I was introduced to [...]