Years back the Constantines sang the words, “Oh, young lions, this is your kingdom,” and I believed them. I put faith in those lyrics in a way that I seldom do with any other musicians—living, dead, or Canadian. My adoration for this Toronto-based band transcended, and trivialized, any other relationship I have had with another […]
The Constantines
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Not of This World
The Constantines’ Everyman Reality
THE CONSTANTINES COME complete with an anxious shiver, a jitter of guitars, or one of the singers’ voices quavering out when you least expect it. And it’s familiar—an uneasy, mild paranoia that feels like movies about coke or dark ’80s pop songs or Karen O bristling along with her band’s wind-tunneling howl. It also has […]