Tunes Review: The Internet – Purple Naked Ladies
A review by Matt Ritchie.
By • February 17, 2012
Whether or not you like the music of rap collective Odd Future (or enjoy their unrestrained vulgarity), you have to admit they sure can …
Music
Tunes Review: Aja interpreted by The Darcys
A review by Matt Holden
By • February 17, 2012
It’s pretty common to hear of a band recording a cover of someone else’s work. But when a band decides to cover an entire …
The Low Anthem rises up
Rhode Island indie-folk group to open for City and Colour
By • February 17, 2012
City and Colour will be returning to the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium for two sold-out shows Feb 20 and 21. But this time, instead of …
Beatles Tunes Review
Paul McCartney’s Kisses on the Bottom and Ringo Starr's Ringo 2012
By • February 10, 2012
It’s not every week that we get a new album from both surviving Beatles.
Well into retirement age, neither Beatle is slowing down their output. …
Tunes Review: Bahamas – Barchords
The album isn’t all optimistic
By • February 10, 2012
The first thing I noticed about Afie Jurvanen’s (aka Bahamas) sophomore album, Barchords, was how refreshing simplicity can be. It’s clear from the clever …
Valentine’s Day Mixtape
Romance, old-school style
By • February 10, 2012
Nothing says “I love you” like a good mixtape. Of course, I’m not even sure where you can actually buy cassette tapes these days …
SoHo Ghetto
Releasing new EP this weekend
By • February 10, 2012
Bearing down in a blaze of feverish, affected folk and uptempo jazz, and swinging humble songs of heartbreak and perseverance, Marc-Antoine and the SoHo Ghetto …
Arkells play to sold-out crowd at the Grawood
“It was crowded, hot and smelly—just the way a bar show should be.”
By • February 10, 2012
The wall of the Student Union Building read “Feb. 2: Arkells (Yes, really!!)” last week. And the organizers were right to be proud of …
Background music
Has modern technology permanently altered the listening experience?
By • February 6, 2012
I’ve been writing a lot about how recent technology has changed almost everything about music lately. I’ve talked about how it has affected the …
Tunes Review: John K. Samson – Provincial
Samson is at his most poignant and poetic on Provincial
By • February 3, 2012
Provincial, the debut solo album from eloquent, witty and charming Weakerthans frontman John K. Samson is an engrossing, reflective excercise in small-town solopsism and …
