I saw some great shows in 2008, along with quite a few not-so-great shows. It can be hard to quantify the best shows -- what really makes one show better than another, after all? Is it a killer set list, a virtuoso performance, the accompanying light show? Becasue of that, I'm going to share with you not my best shows of 2008, but my most memorable ones, along with a line or two about why they were so memorable. If you want more detail on why they stuck with me, you can click through and read t
Josh Reichmann Oracle BandCrazy PowerPaper Bag RecordsAfter a perfectly respectable run as frontman of Toronto artsy punk outfit Tangiers, Josh Reichmann set off on his own last year, surprising fans of his earlier work by reinventing himself as a left-field soul man on the Life is Legal EP. With this year's debut full-length, Crazy Power, the transformation and evolution continue fervently. Not unlike Ian Svenonius's character in Half-Cocked, Reichmann croons, caterwauls and capers like Sly Sto
