Oh, the glamour of being a Juno nominee. Just the thought of rubbing elbows with the likes of host Brent Butt and Canadian skater girl Avril Lavigne makes people shiver with anticipation. For the band Sekoya, that’s all well and good, but it’s the pride in recognition for a CD recorded largely in one of… Continue reading Music Interview: Neo-funk has a new name: Sekoya
Month: March 2005
Music Interview: Keeping your mind in the Guttermouth
Lawyers, doctors, business people and other professionals make up one of the most rich and prestigious sectors of society. Respected for their intelligence and strong work ethic, these people drive our world. But have they really lived? Successful, rich and respected among other things, they haven’t experienced the important things. As the cliched phrase goes,… Continue reading Music Interview: Keeping your mind in the Guttermouth
Music Interview: The travelling Ghost of Modern Man
By Paul Jarvey
Rising from the depths of Regina, Ghosts of Modern Man brings big sound and enough rock for everyone. Brothers in arms against a lifestyle with an expiration date, they’re ready to burn this city to the ground with vengeance and volume. Their latest release, City of No Light is a driving and expressive melee due… Continue reading Music Interview: The travelling Ghost of Modern Man
Music Interview: Saving classical music with a sax
By Chad Utke
What best describes a classical saxophonist? Images that come to mind include overweight dead Europeans with no relevance to our lives. Don’t let that presupposition fool your impression of Michael Ibrahim, a fresh new face in an area of so-called desolation in North America. The classical music movement is far from flourishing on our side… Continue reading Music Interview: Saving classical music with a sax
Movie Review: The end of the Ramones’ century
By Alan Cho
It’s officially time to admit punk is dead. Punk is no longer about rocking out in high school and not knowing why you found Judy, the girl by the smoking doors, so sexy. Now it’s the power anthem for disenfranchised kids in the suburbs who didn’t get the BMW for their sixteenth birthday. Punk has… Continue reading Movie Review: The end of the Ramones’ century
Theatre Profile: Beware of Blast
By Kyle Francis
It’s easy to imagine a city’s theatre scene as a dark and impregnable fortress. Only the most skilled thespians can penetrate its thick walls to make a living running their own theatre company. Most remain outside the walls only able to long for the rich treasures of fame and respect within. Because to stage anything… Continue reading Theatre Profile: Beware of Blast
Music Interview: No need to Crtl+Alt+Delete
Somewhere in a dark basement, a punk rocker leans back in his chair and flips on the TV. It doesn’t sound like anything special, but this isn’t any regular basement and this certainly isn’t any regular guy. Sitting amongst thousands of dollars of equipment in his own recording studio, Casey Lewis checks out the first… Continue reading Music Interview: No need to Crtl+Alt+Delete
Spun: Ghosts of Modern Man
By Paul Jarvey
The City of No Light is a diesel powered prairie cocktail buzzing with a mixture of energy and anger. Intense, Ghosts of Modern Man integrates a hint of distinctly Canadian folk rock with driving drums, throbbing guitar riffs and the violent release of energy bands like Moneen and Hot Snakes are renowned for. While the… Continue reading Spun: Ghosts of Modern Man
Spun: Sleeper Set Sail
By Jaime Burnet
A fusion of Alexisonfire-esque electric guitar, simple and effective beats, and just the right amount of distortion making you think this could be the beginning of a great song, maybe even an amazing CD. Then, Sleeper Set Sail vomit all over themselves, spewing the cheesiest lyrics since 98° (the group that rocketed Nick Lachey to… Continue reading Spun: Sleeper Set Sail
Spun: Tetrix
Usually improvement is exciting. Watching a band take steps in the right direction, however small, is often immensely rewarding and leaves you eagerly anticipating what they’ll do next. Regrettably, this is not the case for Tetrix. Even though their latest album, 6, is an enormous improvement over last year’s heinous atrocious 5 it’s still pretty… Continue reading Spun: Tetrix