Spinner
Subscribe
Email

Joshua Ostroff

Editor

Joshua decided to become a music journalist after teenage him spied a flannel-bedecked dude with a press badge at Lollapalooza in Van City. So he did. Now Josh writes/edits happily ever after in Toronto -- where conveniently many musicians he interviews live super nearby.

Most Recent Post:
Deadmau5: Grammy Nods, Signing Skrillex and Taking 'Crazy-Ass Leaps'
@us

Deadmau5: Grammy Nods, Signing Skrillex and Taking 'Crazy-Ass Leaps'

Mark Davis, Getty Images "Grammys? It's cool. Electronic music's ripped a f---ing giant new ---hole in that thing, eh?" So sayeth Deadmau5, the Canadian superstar DJ/producer also known as Joel Zimmerman who is not only up for three Grammy Awards at this year's ceremony -- including Best Dance/Electronica Album for '4x4=12,' Best Dance ...

Continue reading

@us

Think I Give a Damn About a Grammy? Artists Who Dissed the Awards and Got Nominated or Won

Getty|Redferns|Getty The day after the 2012 Grammy nominees were announced, the New York Times released an excerpt from an interview with Bon Iver's Justin Vernon conducted earlier in the year, before he was nominated for four Grammys, including best new artist, best song and record of the year. After claiming his self-titled album "isn't ...

Continue reading

@us

Leonard Cohen, Lana Del Rey: 'Old Ideas' Trump New Lips

Getty Images|WireImage After all the endless post-'Saturday Night Live' hubub, when Lana Del Rey's debut album 'Born to Die' was finally released last week, it did anything but -- immediately topping iTunes charts around the globe. But a Tumblr image with the heading "Canada's like, 'lol idiots'" soon made the rounds, showing 14 ...

Continue reading

@us

Juno Awards 2012: Drake, Deadmau5, Feist Dominate Nominations

Josh Ostroff, AOL Another year, another Juno nominees list that reads like the actual year in music -- and not just Canadian music -- with nominations for the April 1 William Shatner-hosted award show going to North America's biggest stars, from Drake and DeadMau5 to Justin Bieber and Michael Buble to Feist and F---ed Up. (And, yes, to ...

Continue reading

@us

Madonna, M.I.A., 'Bad Girls': The Dangers of Co-Opting Cool

Jeff Kravitz, FilmMagic As the media, and presumably a few prudes, get all a-twitter about M.I.A.'s flipped middle finger during the Super Bowl halftime show, it's easy to forget why she was up there in the first place. Yes, she was an invited guest, but Madonna is no, well, madonna. Madge has repeatedly tried to maintain late-career ...

Continue reading

@us

Ellen's Dance Dare: Toronto Viral Star Phil Villeneuve Shows Off His Moves

YouTube Phil Villeneuve is something of a viral legend around Toronto for plugging in his iPod and filming himself dancing to pop songs in public places, from grocery stores to subways to royal museums. His jaw-dropping routine to Robyn's 'Fembot' at Toronto's Eaton Centre mall got tweeted by the Swedish pop start herself and Ke$ha even makes ...

Continue reading

@us

K'naan, Wavin' Flag: Mitt Romney's Offensive Use of Refugee Rap Anthem

Getty Images (2) Mitt Romney, the current frontrunner in the Republican's endless -- and endlessly nasty -- presidential primary, has spent the past few months throwing red meat at the party base. One of America's richest men, he's been arguing for lower corporate taxes and more military spending while stoking anti-immigrant jingoism. So ...

Continue reading