Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'crazyhorse'
November 14, 2007
Following the release this year of Neil Young's 1971 Massey Hall concert and a third tribute album comes Chrome Dreams II. Featuring ten new songs and covering a range of musical styles, there is something for all of his fans on this recording. "Where Living With War and Everybody’s Rockin' were albums focused on one subject or style, Chrome Dreams II is more like After The Goldrush or Freedom, with different types of songs......
Continue Reading "Needing New Neil Young?"May 23, 2007
In Selling Venus / Vénus au miroir, Winnipeg-based artist Dominique Rey articulates the complex relationship between femininity and spectacle, exposing the fine line between subject and object; public and private. The exhibition, which consists of portraits, a video projection and an attendant essay by Steven Matijcio, documents the lives of exotic dancers working at the Crazy Horse in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (Rey also worked as a dancer, and as such, openly addresses and deflates......
Continue Reading "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall"March 29, 2005
Hailing from Nova Scotia, Matt Mays & El Torpedo play the kind of music that simply sounds "Canadian", for all the positive and negative connotations that may come with the tag. We're talking big, rootsy rock in the grand tradition of Neil Young & Crazy Horse - thundering guitars, raw vocals, a healthy dose of twang - nothing groundbreaking, but when it's done right it's a marvelous thing. And Matt Mays does it pretty damn......
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