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  • Hello world!
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    Welcome to twowaymonologues. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!... Read More >
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  • The return of TwoWayMonologues.com
    from Daysthatareover by daysthatareover
    The Return of TwoWayMonologues.com   I’m excited to be sitting here tonight penning this note for all of you.  I’ll begin with a sincere and humble apology for ever stopping the updates of TwoWayMonologues.  Over the last month I have been filling a definite sadness over the fact that the website has been dormant, and trying to muster up the energy it would take to get it back going. Sometimes when things are going pretty well, you lose sight of what got you there in the first place.  The bookings and promotions at Rancho, in combination with Hi-Hat Recordings, managing bands and real life happenings, left very little time for much else -- that’s what led to TWM going on hiatus.  But I keep on thinking to myself that none of those things ever would have happened without the review website opening the doors. In the short term, I’m not going to be able to run it the way I did in the past with daily updates and constant information going up on the site.  But I do have a plan to keep fresh reviews and articles/features on the site. We will be posting updates on Weds morning and Sunday morning with Track-Fu going up weekly on Sunday or Monday night depending what works with Terri’s otherwise busy schedule.  Each update will have 2-3 new pieces whether it is album reviews, live reviews, or interviews depending on what the writing staff has decided to take on. I want to start having more contests, and figure out a way to have more interactivity with the readers of the site.  We want to review stuff you want to hear about!  We want to add things you give a shit about, and I’d really love to figure out how to have the online TWM sync up with what we have going on offline.  If you have any ideas send me a message at dan@twowaymonologues.com. We also really need new contributors for TWM.  Our writing staff dropped off, largely due to me not having the time to track down top-calibre releases for the writers to get to review.  I am going to do my best and lean on other people who want this site back up and running to fix that problem.  We also might start publishing a zine version of TWM to be distributed free of charge at the shows. In short, I am thrilled to be bringing this back.  It feels like I’m getting back to the core of why I got into the independent music scene in the first place. Talk to you soon, Dan... Read More >
  • ...finally back
    from Zygiella by zygiella
    I planned a wedding. I got married.  I honeymooned.  I missed about 6 weeks worth of shows and I feel very much out of the loop.  I have no new discoveries, no recent finds, nothing to tell my friends when they ask me.  My playlists stay fairly current and I feel as though they are falling into disaray.  So much to see, so much to read - how does one catch up on everything?  I ask questions - What's new?  Any must see's? Does the Toronto music scene change over this fast?  Am I being paranoid?  I feel like the next shows I'm going to be attending are bands that hit it fairly big in Toronto about 6-8 months ago.  Help!... Read More >
  • Sigur Rós @ MoMA
    from numberoneinyourhearts by Jeff
    Sigur Rós @ MoMA // Current Do I have to write anything else? No.... Read More >
  • 2:15 am...
    from Daysthatareover by daysthatareover
    I'm still up and believe it or not the same person who just wrote that blog is writing this... gutted.  Going to sleep but sleep lately has just been one non stop dream about the drama I deal with during the day.  You can now found all my insane ramblings here: http://theonetimeithoughtimademymind.blogspot.com/ I just need to get this stuff out somewhere.... Read More >
  • NXNE Aftermath, explanations and future plans
    from Daysthatareover by daysthatareover
    Hello TWM Readers... I think I am more exhausted today and now well Weds evening than I have been in perhaps my entire life. NXNE just happened to fall on what was the busiest week in recent Rancho Relaxo history. We were open from Tuesday straight through till Monday night. I was at the venue for various parts of every NXNE night and all of Tues, Weds, Sun and Monday. You'll notice some incomplete coverage. I apologize for that. The weekend was tons of fun at NXNE but it also had a lot of stuff going on behind the scenes that made even making it to the venues and dragging myself out to 4 AM almost impossible. Here's a quick recap of what I saw and didn't write about... Spookey Ruben at Dundas Square: Some really lousy and cheesy R & B band delayed Spookey's set about an hour and so I only saw three songs. Still, I saw enough to realize that Spookey Ruben if given the right exposure and publicity could be more vital to the music scene today than he ever was when he had his string of hits back in the 90's. Such energy, such a fun demeanor on stage and just a wicked guy to boot. I need to see a full set with his band asap. Old Man Lueducke @ the Rivoli: I actually knew so little about Old Man Lueducke that based on the CD cover I saw before passing the album along to Tyler for review I thought he actually was an old man. Turns out that is more in spirit than anything else. Easily the best banter of the weekend and definitely the most earnest musician I've witnessed in ages. Oh and he also writes ridiculously pretty songs that I now want to know all the words to so next time I see him I can sing along. Unfortunately the Riv is horrible for chatty overly well dressed types who really don't care what is going on and that did seriously hurt the vibe. Elder Roche @ the Hideout: Tyler isn't fond of the Hideout. I liked that my exhausted ass could plant itself in a fairly comfy leather couch and have a few drinks off my feet. Unfortunately for Mr. Roche that was the highlight of the set. His backhanded comments to the chatty crowd were kind of weak. Either you play through or say something with some vindication man! Epigram @ the Hideout: Much better! I recently found out that Megan Hamilton had joined Epigram and since she is one of my most beloved locals musicians I specifically called an audible to be at the Hideout for this set. Alas an overly packed Horseshoe resulted in us also catching the above Elder Roche. For me this was the surprise set of the weekend. With Tyler angry about being at this venue and my other TWM writers annoyed I made them watch Elder Roche the set needed to be gold. For me at least it was. It sounds not even remotely close to anything else Megan is involved in. Instead it's an intense, experimental sound that was only all the more heavy juxtaposed with what we had heard earlier in the night. Pedals galore... vocals gymnastics that made me wonder if the poor guy singing would speak again on Sunday and only one blip being really weak work by the sound tech on the backing vocals. If you have two talented backing vocalists it'd be nice if you would let me hear them Mr. Sound Tech! Slim Twig @ The Dollar: I saw a band in between this but was mainly drinking and hanging out at the Rancho so putting an evaluation on it would be pointless. I dug Slim Twig quite a bit. At this point I was hearing everything well on the way to being drunken so that many people slagged it for not being tight or on key probably eluded my ears. I found it rowsing and it would have led better into the Schomberg Fair than the Oholics did. Then at 3 AM the Schomberg Fair took the stage. I manage them so you aren't about to get words of critique from me nor was I in any shape to tell you anyhow. What ensued was one of the most fun 45 minutes I've had in my life. So many close friends, so many people from bands I love came out to support a band consisting of basically the nicest guys in the Toronto music scene. It was triumphant and I was proud to be a part of it. So now what? I have sort of an NXNE hangover and I am not really sure where the online TWM is going. We need more content! I need to write more reviews... get back to doing interviews etc. The photo section is in a sad sad state I don't even know if it will ever be back. But there is also exciting news on the horizon. Tyler Wade and I had a meeting tonight laying the groundworks for the TWM Collective. Which is going to be something to keep an eye on... we have big and exciting plans for where this is going and the readers of twowaymonologues.com are going to get more of a 360 experience than ever before. Offline, online and all over the province. I'm not going to let the cat out of the bag yet BUT stay tuned friends as this is going to be our craziest endeavor to date. I feel a really serious explosion of activity coming on within me... both online and offline and I intend to use this blog as a means to bring you with me. I warn you though! The grammar will be horrible, the topics won't all be about music and you are going to be very much inside my head by reading it. But it might be fascinating as I once had a blog that was all gonzo style writing and train of thought thinking. So all I'm saying is stay tuned... sometimes when my life is most out of control is when the best things come out of me.... Read More >
  • NXNE Rundown
    from numberoneinyourhearts by Jeff
    Out of 5 stars (*****) whereby 5 is the highest score. NXNE's Registration Prowess * The Coast *** Rah Rah ***1/2 The Rural Alberta Advantage **** TTC Construction * Modernboys Moderngirls *1/2 Hostess Cupcakes at midnight ***1/2 Angel Pier ** Not drinking as much as I could've on a Thursday night **** OK City OK *** Action Makes * Primaries ** Getting soaked between venues * The Pack AD **1/2 Hot Springs **** Drunk hipsters and traffic closures on College/Bathurst -***** Availability of taxi cabs on College ***** Wayside Ramblers **** Boiled Weiners ****1/2 Meat ***** Old Man Luedecke ***** People shouting out "your wang" to dignified folk musicians * Elder Roche * Epigramme **** Being on the B list ** Satellite Nation **1/2 Slim Twig ** The word "dong" *** The term "deep-dicking" **** The Schomberg Fair ****... Read More >
  • Saturday NXNE Part 2
    from numberoneinyourhearts by Jeff
    Epigramme @ The Hideout Hey, these guys are pretty damn good. Slick tunes, lots of energy, tight rhythms (despite the bass player reading from print-outs for his parts - at least I think that was happening - which is awesome) solid vocals and even a couple of badass guitar solos. Musically they're pretty heavy on the rhythm and take a softer, ambient-style approach to melody - this appeals to me. Although I'm a little leery about doing a cover song for your closing number, regardless of how epic it was (pretty fucking epic). Satellite Nation @ Rancho Relaxo Australian rockers who basically sound like whatever your little brother's favourite band on Edge 102 sounds like right now. I'll give 'em credit for a great performance (to a curiously large and interested, yet entirely seated, crowd) and a big sound, but I don't listen to the Edge for a good reason. Mostly to prevent my tragic suicide. But I'm apparently a jaded, cynical music snob. Maybe you are not. Maybe you will like these guys. Slim Twig @ The Silver Dollar Cello, Farfisa organ, ancient drum machine, insane drummer and weirdo guitarist. Ordinarily, this is a recipe for success in my books, but the vocals were completely unhearable (despite his straining and yelling) over the screaming guitar and crashing drums. From what I could make out, it was entirely a good thing I couldn't hear more. I'll throw them in with Action Makes... more youngish types wearing ironic western wear and spazzing out to appropriated rock formats. The Schomberg Fair @ The Silver Dollar 3 am, I'm wasted from a day full of running around between venues, and I manage to stick it out until the bitter end. I can't believe there's this many people here. And I kid you not, the room went absolutely insane for a good half-hour of dancing and sweating for these guys' self-dubbed speed-gospel. They just picked up a new drummer, and the songs seem even faster than before, and heavier... the reaction from the crowd indicates this is a good thing. Things got so sweaty and so intense, I'm pretty sure lead singer Matt's wedding band flew off his hand into the crowd, who thankfully, for his sake, retrieved it for him. I mean, you just can't make stuff like that up. Overall, great time.... Read More >

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