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 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?
…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.
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.