I played this album way too much when I first bought it, all the way back when it came out in 2003. I know this because when I played it the other day, for this first time in a while, I still knew all the words off by heart. Billy Talent was one of the first bands I really “got into” all on my own. I was my own influence on this one, they were “my band” and that’s the way I liked it.

I purchased their self-titled debut album around the same time I got Sam Roberts’ EP “The…

Have you ever listened to a band and immediately said to yourself “where the heck have you been my whole life???” Ween was one of those bands for me. I actually didn’t listen to them thoroughly until this summer, so the time to “settle in” really isn’t there. I’m a relatively new “Ween-head.” The first album I checked out as a whole was “The Mollusk” which originally came out in 1997. I was familiar with Ocean Man, but it always seemed like a gimmicky kind of hit, and I didn’t really think too much of them.…

The first album on my list of records that have shaped my taste in music is The Strokes 2003 album “Room On Fire.” Although it’s their second album, it was my first time hearing The Strokes as a serious listener. I had heard “12:51” on the radio, and liked what I heard. As an impressionable 13 year old with money to burn, I actually purchased this album alongside The Vines “Highly Evolved.” Those two albums will forever be connected in my mind, and are actually pretty similar when you break things down. Both are alternative/garage rock bands, and…

Take your current Top 10 artists and list the first song you heard, the one that made you fall in love and your current favourite.

My list:

1. Black Moth Super Rainbow
First song I heard: Drippy Eye
Fell in love with: Sun Lips
Current favourite: When the Sun Grows On Your Tongue

2. Animal Collective
First song I heard: Peacebone
Fell in love with: Leaf House
Current favourite: Kids on Holiday

3. Beck
First song I heard: Tough to say since I grew up on him…Definitely something from Odelay
Fell in love with: Hotwax
Current favourite: Modern Guilt

4.…

1. What's your favorite song by 15? (Panda Bear)
Bros because it's just fucking epic. Take Pills is a close second.

2. How did you get into 20? (Pixies)
frankie-wilde sent me Monkey Gone to Heaven and another person from school was into them, and suggested I listen to all of Doolittle. I did, and I liked.

3. Who is your favourite member in 1? (Black Moth Super Rainbow)
Tobacco IS Black Moth Super Rainbow, pretty much. It was pretty awesome to actually meet him.

4. Whats your favourite lyric bit by…