Dave Jaffer
Contributor
Dave has served as a music journalist and critic for Hour Magazine, the Ottawa XPress, BangBang, FFWD, Spinner, Noisecreep, and Citeeze Montreal. He is a Prism Prize jury member, a Polaris Music Prize jury member (since 2007), and during his extensive sojourn in Montreal, sat on juries for the GAMIQ, the MIMI, and the St-Ambroise Music Prize.
Dave lives and works in Toronto, ON.
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Courtesy of Cancer Bats | AP Photo, Mike Groll
Slapstick-heavy films like 'Dumb and Dumber' have taught us to be wary of the scary things that may await us in roadside bathrooms. Cancer Bats guitarist Scott Middleton has something to add to the list, something decidedly scary indeed: Mike Tyson.
"We were going to play a show in Aberdeen, ...
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Amanda Schenk
Currently in the running for the 2010 Polaris Music Prize for their album 'Darker Circles,' the Sadies aren't resting on their laurels. While a lesser band might be basking in the (somewhat muted) adulation of a nation, or envisioning ways to fritter away Polaris' $20,000 purse, should they be fortunate enough to win, the ...
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A lot of ink has been spilled explaining that the new Klaxons record, 'Surfing the Void,' only came together when producer Ross Robinson (Slipknot, the Cure, At the Drive-In) replaced Simian Mobile Disco's James Ford, who produced the band's Mercury Prize-winning debut. And judging by the language Klaxons' bassist/vocalist Jamie ...
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Though the Klaxons debut 'Myths of the Near Future' won the 2007 Mercury Prize, bassist/vocalist Jamie Reynolds has an interesting opinion on the state of the band during its creation.
"We fundamentally weren't a band on our first record," he tells Spinner while walking around in London's Soho district. "We were very much a ...
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It probably wouldn't surprise anyone to know that growing up, Rob Zombie dug the imagery and music of the 1970s darker rock acts. What might surprise folks is that Zombie says he was just as influenced by some of the less sinister sounds that were popular during his formative years.
"It was the whole scene of the ...
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Though most folks at Montreal's Osheaga Festival saw either Metric or Devo perform in the second-last slot of the fest's final day, a minority were on hand to watch Syracuse, NY's Ra Ra Riot make their first-ever appearance at Osheaga, and, almost as quickly, leave.
"We've been here a matter of hours, and we're ...
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Anyone planning on seeing Deadmau5 perform on the Mountain Stage on day two of Montreal's Osheaga Festival has to be both disappointed and concerned by the news that Deadmau5 won't be making the trip to Montreal after collapsing during a Saturday show in Washington, D.C.
Deadmau5, also known as Toronto ...
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