You know a sound must be fresh when a new genre is created to describe it. Toro Y Moi- the moniker of multi-instrumentalist Chazwick Bundick- released Causers of This early 2010 spearheading the charge for the fledgling chillwave genre. Now, just a year later he’s already moving in a new direction. He hones his sound… Continue reading Spun: Toro Y Moi
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Spun: Russian Futurists
The name is deceiving — out of the solid Toronto scene rise the Russian Futurists. The Weight’s on the Wheels is their first full album since 2005, but picks up exactly where they left off with their trademark synth-driven, indie-pop sound. The album starts with a blast in “Hoeing Weeds, Sowing Seeds,” setting a pace… Continue reading Spun: Russian Futurists
If you don’t know, now Juno
Canada’s 2012 Juno Awards went off without a hitch. Festivities have been popping up for months in anticipation of one final sparkly shebang in Ottawa, a city that’s impossible to hate even as it snowed Sunday like some sort of cruel April Fool’s gag. The Gauntlet, your favourite student-run weekly rag, somehow managed to scrounge… Continue reading If you don’t know, now Juno
Second-and-Fiedler spells doom for gamers
Let us ponder a well known fact. Jay Fiedler is not the man you want behind the wheel when down by three with 42 seconds left on the clock. But without trying to trace the half-drunk series of random accidents that got us to this point, there he was. Jay Fiedler took the snap, down… Continue reading Second-and-Fiedler spells doom for gamers
SU elections underway
Nominations for the University of Calgary Students’ Union general election closed on Wed., Feb. 28 at precisely 12:30 p.m. In contrast with last year’s poorly contested executive race, only one Vice-presidency remained uncontested at the critical hour. A whopping 15 candidates will lace up the gloves for the remaining four positions. Vice-president External-elect Oliver Bladek… Continue reading SU elections underway
Coach Covey-Barnett announces resignation
After eight seasons as head coach of the Dinos field hockey team, Deb Covey-Barnett announced her resignation on Wednesday. Covey-Barnett’s husband, Andy–with whom she has a 14-month-old son, Matthew–accepted a position with an athlete-training complex near Tampa, Florida, that starts in May. "I’m sad to be leaving the program–it’s been building for awhile," she said.… Continue reading Coach Covey-Barnett announces resignation