Bellowing horns, signature bass, eclectic beats and lots of love. This is the stuff derived from six years of the growing and ongoing success of Antibalas Afro-beat orchestra, a roughly thirteen-member predominantly male band out of New York City. Trombone player and band conductor Aaron Johnson for a behind the scenes peek at the ensemble… Continue reading Antibalas plays Afrikadey!
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Funk + Folk = Urban Divide
How magically harmonious is a world where the Weakerthans and Steve Earle can strum on the same stage, Youssou N’Dour’s world beats meets Lucinda Williams’ southern drawl, and elder folk groove beside young hipsters on the soft grass of Prince’s Island Park. It’s easy to be fooled by the serenity of the scene, lost in… Continue reading Funk + Folk = Urban Divide
Japanese designshowcased at the Triangle Gallery this month
A silhouette of a woman, yellow on a shade of lavish blue, catches the eye and creates a sensation–a desire, enticing you to purchase… a pack of cigarettes. Shin Matsunaga, creator of the famous Gitanes Blondes French cigarette packages in the mid-1990s, is one of Japan’s leading graphic designers. His art encompasses advertisements, posters, book… Continue reading Japanese designshowcased at the Triangle Gallery this month
Drowning in a pool of their goodbye tears
Emma Spooner was almost overlooked in the fifth-year profile hunt, and rightly so–she is graduating after four years, an almost unheard of feat for athletes, not to mention the Gauntleteers who cover them. With an English Honours degree under her belt, Emma hopes to continue swimming beyond the familiar depths of the U of C… Continue reading Drowning in a pool of their goodbye tears
Urban Divide brings you the funk you so sorely need
In Webster’s newest edition, you look under “newfunksoul” and find the following: a hodgepodge of old funk, James Brown style, added to Jamaroquai groove and topped with an Outkast beat. Something about an “Urban Divide” catches your eye, and you wonder what they are doing in the dictionary. Maybe they’ll be in the 2005 edition.Urban… Continue reading Urban Divide brings you the funk you so sorely need
From the Spring Fling…
Canadian rock,’ concludes SuperEgo lead vocalist Dylan Hanley. “We usually call ourselves Canadian rock–it’s mainstream, but you don’t want to say that.” After pondering the music scene and SuperEgo’s formation and growth, Hanley, a fourth-year University of Calgary Political Science major, finally decides Canadian rock is the most fitting description. "We’re getting a lot harder,… Continue reading From the Spring Fling…
Ingenue meets Pochsy
She’s the embodiment of North America’s media culture–an obsessive, hyper-human consumer. She’s the gross product of dangerous ignorance, peering at the world through large, school-girl eyes. She’s Citizen Pochsy, star of Head Movements of a Long-Haired Girl. Karen Hines, creator and director of, not to mention actor in, Citizen Pochsy quickly admits the long-haired girl… Continue reading Ingenue meets Pochsy
Western Europe
The year is 50 BC and a Gaulish village in the west of France is still holding out against the Roman conqueror. Thanks to the druids’ magic potion, a little group of undaunted Gauls succeed–among other things–in irritating Caesar and his proud legions to the utmost degree. Their only fear is that the sky may… Continue reading Western Europe
Transcending the “fucking middle”
Passing through this world of mundane emotion, we are seldom pushed to feel utterly disgusted, remarkably moved or delightfully enthralled. Yet, in the recesses of our minds, we quietly yearn for the passion, the inspiration, the revulsion that makes us feel alive. We yearn, and a select few answer our desperate pleas, taking risks that… Continue reading Transcending the “fucking middle”
One Yellow Rabbit’s Heavenly production falls from grace
It is great to bear witness to times of pure genius, where experimental theatre fills the psyche, incorporating dance and music with an avant-garde, witty and eloquent script. Other times are not as fulfilling. Confusion clouds the experimental stage, leading you to believe that the one moment your attention swayed may have been the exact… Continue reading One Yellow Rabbit’s Heavenly production falls from grace