With the release of the single "Play Me A Christmas Song", Stephen Dowd manages to bottle the very specific, blue-hued silence that falls over a living room once the wrapping paper has been cleared away. It is a curious thing, really, how a melody can act less like a sound wave and more like the smell of a candle that was blown out five...

Alright, let's talk about "I'll Never Find Another You" by Partners In Crime. These fellas from Toronto, Colin Whiteford (guitar and vocals), Doug Pegg (drums and vocals), Gene Falbo (bass guitar), and Terry Gadsden on keyboards, apparently go way back to grade school in Scarborough. I've often wondered if my old desk buddy, Barry, is making killer tunes these days – probably not, Barry’s...