You know that expanding feeling you get in your chest during the emotional parts of movies–whether you hide it or not? Alex Lloyd’s new release, Watching Angels Mend, features sweeping songs with the sincerity and stirring nature to stimulate that same part of you.Aside from the attraction the songs possess, they stir up a different… Continue reading Alex Llyod, Watching Angels Mend
Month: August 2002
Jason Lowenstein, At sixes and sevens
On his solo effort At Sixes and Sevens, Jason Lowenstein ventures where many have gone before. Possibly a hollow attempt to follow in the steps of Pavement (who were following in the footsteps of the Dinosaur Jr.), the end result is like any photocopy of a photocopy. The original quality is completely lost. One would… Continue reading Jason Lowenstein, At sixes and sevens
Paul E. Lopes, Whatnaut: House
By Falice Chin
Toronto’s DJ proves that not all good Electronica scenes happen in the U.K. or San Francisco. Known for his massive collection of rare records, Paul E. Lopes’ first major label release Whatnaut: House makesa perfect compilation mix-remix for any decent urban club. Shoving aside all preconceptions of house as cheesy dance music, Lopes fuses many… Continue reading Paul E. Lopes, Whatnaut: House
High Five Drive, …Something Better
By Josh LaVoie
Something Better? How about something generic, unoriginal and uninventive.This album, High Five Drive’s first production, is a fine candidate for the first annual "What is wrong with punk-rock today award." I’d already heard this album a thousand times before I even pressed the play button. This punk/emo mixture is not all bad however, some of… Continue reading High Five Drive, …Something Better
Yume Bitsu, The Golden Vessyl of Sound
Like something picked up by NASA’s intergallactic radars, The Golden Vessyl of Sound is ready to take listeners on an unexpected journey through the heavens of music.Layers upon layers consisting of everything from blarring trumpet to modulated static, Yume Bitsu have paid the most infinite attention to the details on their latest record. Using vocal… Continue reading Yume Bitsu, The Golden Vessyl of Sound
Grimskunk, Seventh Wave Grimskunk Plays…Fatal Illness
The ‘monster villains’ of the more recent track, “Super Heroes Never Die,” may not be as dark as the orc army of “Lord Ogre.” However, they prove that Grimskunk have kept their imagination through their years as a band.This imagination might have a lot to do with the band’s enduring success. When comparing Grimskunk Plays…Fatal… Continue reading Grimskunk, Seventh Wave Grimskunk Plays…Fatal Illness
DJ Murge tour gets grouchy
By CH Smith
Underground hip-hop heads were out in full force getting some neck exercise on Wednesday July 31, as the DJ Murge Tour rolled through Calgary, making its stop at the Cherry Lounge. The tour, consisting of Funkdoobiest’s Sondoobie and members of the Living Legends, PSC, Bicasso and The Grouch, as well as DJ Murge himself, is… Continue reading DJ Murge tour gets grouchy
K-19 delivers hit
I thought an English-language film made for mass consumption in the United States would never come close to capturing the essence of the Soviet Union. K-19: The Widowmaker proved me wrong.Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson headline an outstanding cast, full of role players who deliver a stunning performance as a 1961 Soviet submarine crew. Neeson… Continue reading K-19 delivers hit
U of C professor psychoanalyses the Mob
By Вen Li
The Sorpranos on the Couch is what one would expect from a book about a television novel spanning three years. And yet, it is not. In addition to episodic summaries and analysis, this book also delves into the oblique network of subtlties that makes a series worthwhile.Like any good fan tribute work, U of C… Continue reading U of C professor psychoanalyses the Mob
African free-love revolution infects The Plaza
By Heath McLeod
Joseph Gaï Ramaka’s debut feature film takes a French opera and superimposes it on reality in Senegal. The setting changes from Paris in the late nineteenth century to Dakar, 2000 and Ramaka twists reality into Georges Bizet’s operatic tragedy, Carmen. The story of Carmen takes on much more when put into an African setting. Ramaka… Continue reading African free-love revolution infects The Plaza