This article was originally published on beingtheremag.com, an independent music and film magazine that ran from 2004 to 2007. It is presented here as part of the Being There Magazine archive. By Adam Anklewicz | Being There Magazine, September 2005 Artist: CUFF THE DUKE | Label: Hardwood Records Cuff The Duke has built a loyal following over the past few years since the release of their debut Life Stories for Minimum Wage on Three Gut Records. Since then, they have been touring with prominent acts such as Blue Rodeo, Sloan, Joel Plaskett and many others. Cuff The Duke has since left Three Gut and signed on to Hayden’s label Hardwood… Read More »CUFF THE DUKE – Cuff the Duke

This article was originally published on beingtheremag.com, an independent music and film magazine that ran from 2004 to 2007. It is presented here as part of the Being There Magazine archive. By Adam Anklewicz | Being There Magazine, August 2005 The Moment: Ian McGettigan, a bottle of alcohol, and a flaming axe. Camouflage Nights at The Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, April 22, 2005. What makes a great rock and roll show? Music? Laughs? Skills? Spectacle? Camouflage Nights have all of that, and on a boring Friday in April, fellow Being There writer and wife Lisa and I headed to the famed Horseshoe Tavern to see a new band… Read More »Been There! Camouflage Nights

This article was originally published on beingtheremag.com, an independent music and film magazine that ran from 2004 to 2007. It is presented here as part of the Being There Magazine archive. By Adam Anklewicz | Being There Magazine, July 2005 If you’re reading Being There you’re most likely a music fan, and most likely you’ve become obsessed with an album or two. When I received Valery Gore’s self titled debut a few weeks ago, I listened to it a few too many times. I said to myself that it’s okay, I had to listen to it to properly review it. Then I had to listen to it even more because… Read More »Tune In Your Aerial

This article was originally published on beingtheremag.com, an independent music and film magazine that ran from 2004 to 2007. It is presented here as part of the Being There Magazine archive. By Adam Anklewicz | Being There Magazine, July 2005 Act: The High Dials Venue: The Drake Hotel Date & Time: Thursday, June 9, 2005 @ 1 am *Ankle’s Best of Festival Pick* It’s odd, at 1am, how much energy a band can have.  Jumping around the stage and not stopping, The High Dials were incredible and having a lot of fun. Obviously influenced by The Beatles and The Byrds, The High Dials are going places quickly. Using NXNE as… Read More »Goin’ Northeast: Music Festival

This article was originally published on beingtheremag.com, an independent music and film magazine that ran from 2004 to 2007. It is presented here as part of the Being There Magazine archive. Damn The Torpedoes: Matt Mays & El Torpedo By Adam Anklewicz | Being There Magazine, May 2005 Matt Mays followed up his first self-titled with another.  Joined this time around by El Torpedo, Matt Mays recalled the killer sounds of Neil Young and Tom Petty and resurrected them for a harmony driven rock and roll extravaganza! Yes I did just use the word extravaganza. Losing the country feel of his previous album, Mays isn’t afraid of rock ‘n’ roll.… Read More »Damn The Torpedoes: Matt Mays & El Torpedo

This article was originally published on beingtheremag.com, an independent music and film magazine that ran from 2004 to 2007. It is presented here as part of the Being There Magazine archive. By Adam Anklewicz | Being There Magazine, April 2005 Canadian Music Week is a celebration of Canadian and international independent talent.  Celebrated over four nights in March, with more than 400 bands and 30 venues, I couldn’t see everything I wanted to, but isn’t that part of the fun?  Plans changed and everything had to be flexible.  I learned that the hard way. Musicians came to Toronto for CMW from every part of the country: Kelowna, Barrie, Cape Breton,… Read More »Canadian Music Week

This article was originally published on beingtheremag.com, an independent music and film magazine that ran from 2004 to 2007. It is presented here as part of the Being There Magazine archive. By Adam Anklewicz | Being There Magazine, April 2005 These are some of the things I have learned from the Inbreds: If you make an android of yourself, it will take over; Prince is a toy dog on wheels; You don’t really need guitar; Raymond Lowey is the one who designed the Canada Dry logo; Amelia Earhart’s safe, because she’s an excellent navigator; And Finally, rap and tap is a genre fusion that should never happen. The Inbreds story… Read More »The Inbreds: Telling People They’re The Super Friendz

This article was originally published on beingtheremag.com, an independent music and film magazine that ran from 2004 to 2007. It is presented here as part of the Being There Magazine archive. Lee’s Palace in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 29th, 2005 By Adam Anklewicz | Being There Magazine, April 2005 Greg Keelor is one of Canada’s rock ‘n’ roll royalty. I think all Canadians are born with Blue Rodeo songs forever ingrained in their souls. The songwriting team of Jim Cuddy & Greg Keelor are known for some of the best Canadian music since Neil Young. Easily compared to Lennon and McCartney, the two have a similar dynamic. How many musicians… Read More »Greg Keelor

This article was originally published on beingtheremag.com, an independent music and film magazine that ran from 2004 to 2007. It is presented here as part of the Being There Magazine archive. By Adam Anklewicz | Being There Magazine, April 2005 Back To Me shows Kathleen Edwards to be a great storyteller, musician and singer.  Unfortunately the album is not as strong as I had hoped. The slow paced album is very mellow and dragged out. Edwards is a good songwriter but unfortunately the songs don’t tend to shift theme or style much. Going from song to song, Back To Me has a solid feeling that carries through the entire album,… Read More »Kathleen Edwards – Back To Me

This article was originally published on beingtheremag.com, an independent music and film magazine that ran from 2004 to 2007. It is presented here as part of the Being There Magazine archive. By Adam Anklewicz | Being There Magazine, April 2005 Crosby, Stills & Nash bring back many memories for me. During my years in high school, I spent a lot of my weekends in downtown Toronto at the now gone Vinyl Museum.  I spent a lot of money on cheap used records that helped my vinyl collection grow exponentially. All of my CSN(Y) records have The Vinyl Museum’s stamps on the inner sleeve. I have listened to Crosby, Stills &… Read More »Crosby, Stills & Nash – Greatest Hits