Stuart Berman
@stuberman.bsky.social
Producer at COMMOTION (CBC Radio 1); writer for Pitchfork, Toronto Star; author of THIS BOOK IS BROKEN: A Broken Social Scene Story + TOO MUCH TROUBLE: A Very Oral History of Danko Jones; publisher of stubermania.substack.com + hamontlive.substack.com
The White Stripes + OutKast getting inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on the same night reminded me of my favourite Eye Weekly cover concept, commissioned for our Jan. 22, 2004 Music Critics Poll issue. (Illustration: Ben Shannon)
November 9, 2025 at 3:31 AM
The White Stripes + OutKast getting inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on the same night reminded me of my favourite Eye Weekly cover concept, commissioned for our Jan. 22, 2004 Music Critics Poll issue. (Illustration: Ben Shannon)
I think Feist + Olivia Rodrigo are going to be friends after duetting on “We Are Going to Be Friends” for the White Stripes’ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction
November 9, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I think Feist + Olivia Rodrigo are going to be friends after duetting on “We Are Going to Be Friends” for the White Stripes’ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction
The Besnard Lakes gently melting faces at Mills Hardware with “And You Lied to Me,” aka the “Comfortably Numb” of late-2000s Montreal space-rock jams #hamont
November 8, 2025 at 4:40 AM
The Besnard Lakes gently melting faces at Mills Hardware with “And You Lied to Me,” aka the “Comfortably Numb” of late-2000s Montreal space-rock jams #hamont
The Boojums answering the question: what if Born in the USA came out on SST?
November 6, 2025 at 4:03 AM
The Boojums answering the question: what if Born in the USA came out on SST?
He’s Mr November, he did fuck us over
November 2, 2025 at 4:07 AM
He’s Mr November, he did fuck us over
We have officially run out of band names.
October 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
We have officially run out of band names.
Me in the 1st inning / Me in the 14th inning
October 28, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Me in the 1st inning / Me in the 14th inning
…while Kevin Drew previewed a song that will be on the next Broken Social Scene album coming out in 2026.
October 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
…while Kevin Drew previewed a song that will be on the next Broken Social Scene album coming out in 2026.
Last night at Dream Serenade at Massey Hall, Feist played a couple of new tunes…
October 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Last night at Dream Serenade at Massey Hall, Feist played a couple of new tunes…
David Byrne: the missing link between Pere Ubu and Paramore
October 24, 2025 at 3:37 AM
David Byrne: the missing link between Pere Ubu and Paramore
Among the many, many visual delights of the David Byrne show is a 360-degree view of his apartment that makes it feel like you’re looking up his place on a real-estate site and doing a virtual tour.
October 24, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Among the many, many visual delights of the David Byrne show is a 360-degree view of his apartment that makes it feel like you’re looking up his place on a real-estate site and doing a virtual tour.
Hey baby, it’s the bottom of 8/ I feel I’ve got to move (runners into scoring position)
October 21, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Hey baby, it’s the bottom of 8/ I feel I’ve got to move (runners into scoring position)
Kirk and Suarez together look like the Daft Punk/Death From Above 1979 collab that never happened in 2005.
October 21, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Kirk and Suarez together look like the Daft Punk/Death From Above 1979 collab that never happened in 2005.
I believe this officially qualifies me for a Top of the Pops appearance. open.substack.com/pub/stuberma...
October 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I believe this officially qualifies me for a Top of the Pops appearance. open.substack.com/pub/stuberma...
A.I. slop in T-shirt form
October 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
A.I. slop in T-shirt form
Here for the Alex Chiltonization of Connections
October 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Here for the Alex Chiltonization of Connections
More like 14,000 Inch Nails, amirite?
October 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
More like 14,000 Inch Nails, amirite?
Cool to see that Malkmus brought out the Ace Frehley smoke guitar for this show
October 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Cool to see that Malkmus brought out the Ace Frehley smoke guitar for this show
Gus Englehorn put out one of my favourite albums of 2025 (The Hornbook on Secret City), so I’m grateful he made the trip from Hawaii to Hamilton to spread his acidic garage-pop gospel last night at Ooey Gooey’s. Look out for his next album—produced by Butthole Surfers’ Paul Leary!—in early 2026.
October 2, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Gus Englehorn put out one of my favourite albums of 2025 (The Hornbook on Secret City), so I’m grateful he made the trip from Hawaii to Hamilton to spread his acidic garage-pop gospel last night at Ooey Gooey’s. Look out for his next album—produced by Butthole Surfers’ Paul Leary!—in early 2026.
Even Wordle is riding the Getting Killed hype train
October 1, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Even Wordle is riding the Getting Killed hype train
Metric could headline a music festival where all the other artists comprise a Wordle-like list of attempts to spell Metric.
September 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Metric could headline a music festival where all the other artists comprise a Wordle-like list of attempts to spell Metric.
HBO’s Task caption team operating on a strict “first lyric is the song title” policy
September 29, 2025 at 2:09 AM
HBO’s Task caption team operating on a strict “first lyric is the song title” policy
Turn and strange the face
September 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Turn and strange the face
I’m so here for the Cleaners From Venus x Dwayne Johnson brand synergy
September 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I’m so here for the Cleaners From Venus x Dwayne Johnson brand synergy