TemperTemper’s big break
Dal music students release debut album
By • March 30, 2012
His jaw dropped in awe.
The first time Thomas Hoy, the lead singer of Halifax’s TemperTemper, saw the Dirty Projectors in concert he was instantly …
Reviews
The Beach Boys – The Smile Sessions
A review by Mathew Holden.
By • March 16, 2012
The sticker on the front of the record says “The most anticipated album in Rock n’ Roll history.” It’s not kidding.
As the leader of …
Carolina Chocolate Drops – Leaving Eden
A review by Simcha Walfish.
By • March 16, 2012
Leaving Eden finds the Carolina Chocolate Drops in the unenviable position of having to follow up their marvellous, Grammy-winning, 2010 album, Genuine Negro Jig. The …
Tunes review: Yukon Blonde – Tiger Talk
A review by Matt Ritchie.
By • March 16, 2012
It’s been four years since Yukon Blonde released their first EP, Everything in Everyway, to critical attention. But in that time, Kelowna, B.C. shaggy …
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 …
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 …
Flicks: The Artist
Another review by film critics, Marie & Zoe.
By • January 30, 2012
Marie: There are two ways that I can describe Michel Hazanavicius’ The Artist (2012) right off the top of my head: 1) It is an …
Flicks: A Dangerous Method
The first instalment of a film column by Marie & Zoe.
By • January 23, 2012
ZOE: The David Cronenberg/Viggo Mortensen collaboration party continues in A Dangerous Method (2011), a departure from the gory A History of Violence (2005) and Eastern Promises (2007). Method dives into the conflicts …
SuddenlyLISTEN improvisational collective gets a little Wilde
By • November 25, 2011
The Picture of Dorian Gray: Revised
Dorian is an engaging, enigmatic combination of improvisational acting and music, and an avante-garde revision of Oscar Wilde’s classic The …
Tunes review: Feist – Metals
By • November 25, 2011
After 15 years of touring, two full-length albums, some messing around with Broken Social Scene, an iPod commercial and a stint on Sesame Street, …
