There’s no doubt about it, Elizabeth Anka is dark and her music is a perfect replica of her somberness. Anka has edge. She sings slowly and gently over quiet guitar and soft drums, and just as you begin to sink into her moody motif, she ejects raspy screams that demand immediate attention from the listener… Continue reading Elizabeth Anka ( self-titled )
Month: February 2001
It Was All a Dream
If only It Was All a Dream. Sadly, this album is more like a nightmarish teen movie with a bad soundtrack. If this is what a California-wide talent search results in, maybe the Big Quake wouldn’t be half bad after all. Oh, but they have Puff Daddy producing, you say. Even his prowess at turning… Continue reading It Was All a Dream
All Thing Must Pass
By David Kenney
Singing "Isn’t it a Pity," George Harrison hollered the truth out. The end of the Beatles was a not-so-fab shame. Still, the 30th anniversary reissue of All Things Must Pass is a reminder of the quiet Beatle’s good karma with songs. With his guitar screeching and strumming beside Phil Spector’s epic wall of sound, Harrison… Continue reading All Thing Must Pass
LemonJelly.ky
By James Keller
Much like its cover art, describing the sound of Lemon Jelly’s new album Lemonjelly.ky is a task of defining the indefinable. The U.K. band’s compilation of their previous three EP’s presents a mix of jazz and electronica to create a collection of textured landscapes and provocative ambience. Throughout the tracks, the sound incorporates almost every… Continue reading LemonJelly.ky
Intellectual beats for international week
By Nicole Kobie
Flattery will get you anywhere, right? "University people are the intellectuals of society…[and] our music requires thinking," explains Amir Parviz Amiri of Persian fusion band Lambda. Unlike on MTV, which features pre-chewed music where the industry opens your mouth, shoves it in and tells you to swallow, Lambda’s work requires intelligence to be truly enjoyed.… Continue reading Intellectual beats for international week
Lambs much tastier than sequel
Hannibal must be judged on its own merits, not compared to The Silence of the Lambs. However, Hannibal isn’t very good; certainly not as good as it predecessor. It seems–in honour of the title character–this reviewer has already eaten her words. In Hannibal, the whole is less than the sum of its parts. Anthony Hopkins… Continue reading Lambs much tastier than sequel
Opposing sides of life examined
By Alex Brown
Every superhero must have a nemesis; every white knight, a dark opponent. Playwright Connie Gault investigates this age-old theme of cosmic duality as it relates to human nature, examining ordinary, basic emotions in conjunction with their sinister twins. Strings of opposing images make up the unlikely backbone of her play Red Lips; red lips in… Continue reading Opposing sides of life examined
24 Exposures, one day focus
By James Keller
Gail Hanrahan thinks photography is no way to create a history. "I haven’t been a picture-taker in my life," begins Hanrahan, who directs the play 24 Exposures for Alberta Theatre Project’s annual playRites festival this month. "I think that once it’s on paper and it is this picture, I find it harder to remember." This… Continue reading 24 Exposures, one day focus
Enigmatic artwork defines prof’s career
By Alex Brown
John Will is a man fascinated equally by politics and bumper stickers. So says Christine Sowiak, curator of Will’s gallery exhibit, describing the artist’s eccentricities. Such eccentricities are showcased in John Will: Ain’t Paralyzed Yet, which runs at the Nickle Arts Museum from Feb. 9 to April 21. The former U of C professor’s exhibit… Continue reading Enigmatic artwork defines prof’s career
Jello not light on issues
By Matt Oakes
"Lonely? Bored? Go out and cause trouble. Meet people." Sat., Feb. 3, Jello Biafra struck a chord with a sold-out MacEwan Hall Ballroom full of like-minded enthusiasts and cautious skeptics with such advice. Biafra, an irreverent social critic and former lead singer and song- writer of the punk rock band The Dead Kennedys, used every… Continue reading Jello not light on issues