Twin Fangs latest release, Street Sweeper, starts with Penny Tentiary pounding the shit out of her drum kit. Paul James Coutts crunching guitar kicks in a few seconds later, followed by his raspy yelp. The song is “Imperial Sound” and it rocks.Twenty minutes and nine more songs pass before it’s all over. Only then can… Continue reading Spun: Twin Fangs
Month: January 2006
Spun: Pitbull
It must be a godsend to see a remix album pop up in record stores across the continent to the legions of Pitbull’s seemingly rabid fans. What could be better than a tailored, altered version of Pitbull’s highly successful debut, M.I.A.M.I (Money Is A Major Issue)? The answer is essentially anything. A good solid brick… Continue reading Spun: Pitbull
Spun: The Click Five
“I absolutely am in love with The Click Five! I saw “Just the Girl” on MTV this summer and I ran to my BFF’s house and now she loves them too! I just love them soooo much!”-Brittany, age 12, New Albany, IN Before I knew who these guys were or had heard their music, I… Continue reading Spun: The Click Five
Spun: Chantal Chamandy
By Ryan Pike
If the title of Chantal Chamandy’s latest album didn’t clue you in, here’s a little hint about what the songs are all about: love. The Montreal-based singer/songwriter has a great voice yet, when every single song uses the sledgehammer of subtlety to drive home how great love is, it becomes tiresome. To her credit, Chamandy… Continue reading Spun: Chantal Chamandy
Spun: Pete Townshend
By Ken Clarke
Lesser known as a solo artist than for his days of windmilling The Who to super stardom, Pete Townshend does indeed possess an impressive catalogue of his own work. Although he composed The Who’s material, not every song was appropriate or even intended for the band. Nowhere is this more evident than the new retrospective,… Continue reading Spun: Pete Townshend
Music Interview: Life starts at 250 for Mozart
By Darren Young
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is celebrating a big birthday this year; too bad he isn’t alive to see his 250th year. “Mozart’s music is timeless,” comments David Ferguson, director of the Mount Royal Kantorei. “Even in his time, Mozart’s music has always been speaking to people.”Ferguson is familiar with making music “speak” to people, having been… Continue reading Music Interview: Life starts at 250 for Mozart
Film Review: Inhaling pot good for everything
By Colin Flynn
Being the most widely used illicit drug, for both medicinal and recreational applications, controversy surrounding the flora known as marijuana is only to be expected. Waiting to Inhale, a documentary directed by independent filmmaker Jed Riffe, who produced and directed the Emmy-nominated Ishi, the Last Yahi, examines this controversy. Riffe focuses on the ongoing battle… Continue reading Film Review: Inhaling pot good for everything
Music Interview: Kronos Quartet’s fire still burns
By Paul Jarvey
There are no boundaries. If there’s music that magnetizes me, then I want to play it. It can come from any country, any city, any place. I just try to keep my ears open all day and all night. If you can do that over a period of years you’re going to run into a… Continue reading Music Interview: Kronos Quartet’s fire still burns
Book Review: The real urban/rural divide
By Jon Roe
The typhoon-swept and isolated fishing villages of China’s coast make a fine backdrop for a novel, especially when juxtaposed against the hectic and expansive props of a modern city. Using both settings, Xiaolu Guo’s Village of Stone follows the past and present of Coral Jiang as she tries to find meaning in her current life… Continue reading Book Review: The real urban/rural divide
Theatre Preview: playRites all grown up
Most people celebrate their 20th birthdays by downing a bottle of fizz and turning the music up ’til the neighbours complain. Instead of burying their heads in the sand, the masterminds behind the Alberta Theatre Projects’ Enbridge playRites Festival are keeping their wits about them.The festival of new Canadian plays is celebrating the past 20… Continue reading Theatre Preview: playRites all grown up