WTF. The Rakes split up yesterday, on the eve of their tour, which also featured a stop in Toronto, where yours truly had a ticket to the show. ARGGGGHH. Here is what lead singer Alan Donohue said “if we can’t give it everything then we won’t do...

Toronto – Medeski, Martin & Wood have just released their third installment in The Radiolarians series that begin in 2008. Since it is now 2009, that makes three albums in 2 years and a busy year for this progressive trio. This album fits w...

Toronto - It looks like Iceland has decided to join the electro dance pop movement. Bloodgroup is a band consisting of people named “Lilja, Janus, Ragnar, Hallur, Styrmir”. Cool. I don’t really...

Photo courtesy of Gina Argentina Swedish solo sensation (and Panic Manual favorite) Jens Lekman rolled into town last Sunday to what I had hoped, make up for a disappointing start to a weekend of...

Vancouver - With the recent heatwave Vancouver has been experiencing, it would seem fitting to have a band like Camera Obscura adding to it with their warm pop sounds but their performance on...

If I’ve had a more personally eventful year than 2009, I don’t know when it would’ve been. I started the year unemployed in Toronto. As I write this I’ve just gotten back from a weekend in Copenhagen to my apartment in The Hague, Netherlands, where I’m...

Toronto – I’m interrupting the flow of things here with my list of top sport moments of the year. This has been a banner sports year for me, as both my Penguins and Steelers won their respective championships, much to the dismay of almost all my...

It’s hard to believe we’re kissing goodbye to the 00’s. God. Many moons ago, 2009 seemed impossibly far away. Yet here we are on the brink of a new decade again. For those of us on the cusp of 30, it’s best not to think too much about it. Musically it...

Texas – It probably would have been prudent of our fearless leader to introduce our little Top Whatever of 2009 series we’re doing here at the Panic Manual. Supposedly, each of our writers will contribute some sort of list regarding our favorites for...

Toronto – We are back with yet another podcast! Join me, Wade and Allison as we discuss items including concert etiquette, vacations, couch surfing and some music and moments we enjoyed this year. As usual, it’ll feature some music – Lotus Plaza,...