By Paul Baker
It’s March madness in the Calgary music scene! With reading week in the past and finals fast approaching, you might not be able to abandon the books to take in some shows. However, there should be a few enticing concerts this month to coax you out of your study-hole. The month kicks off with a… Continue reading It’s your shot of rock for March!
By Paul Baker
If you’re looking for some marvelous melodies this holiday season to counteract the same old, tiresome carols, have no fear. There are plenty of bitchin’ bands coming through town to warm the cockles of your winter-chilled, music-loving heart. For those who enjoy some rock standards, check out Metallica at the Saddledome on Thursday and Friday.… Continue reading Concerts to warm your cockles
By Paul Baker
Though Rocktober is coming to a close, there are still some sweet shows coming up to get you through the semester. Take a break from the worsening winter weather and check out all the hottest upcoming shows. Before going trick-or-treating this Friday, you can check out some spooky on campus music as locals Secret Broadcast… Continue reading Alternative offerings for the winter music season
Don’t get between a mother bear and her cub– she might eat your soul. Put this scenario to music and you have the new project from a quartet of Calgary music scene veterans. Cody Coates and Andrew Woods– from Lions and Tigers and Bears– and Ian and Paul Baker– of the Silent Auction– channeled the… Continue reading Soul-devouring rock and roll bears
By Paul Baker
Political indie-poppers the Consumer Goods’ latest release, The Anti-Imperial Cabaret, is something refreshing in the Canadian music scene, as well as being refreshingly Canadian. “Hockey Night in Afghanada” starts with the Goods’ singer and songwriter Tyler Shipley exclaiming “Fuck Don Cherry!” before launching into a poppy ditty about hockey and war. Other songs take aim… Continue reading Spun: The Consumer Goods
By Paul Baker
In the early years of their existence, Vancouver farm-core band Carpenter was often defined by its members’ previous projects–All State Champion, By A Thread, Daggermouth and Speaking of Heroes. With their third record and first full-length, Law of the Land, they’ll be able to start trading on their own name. Like the group’s previous two… Continue reading Spun: Carpenter
The Canadian dollar is down, the economy is crumbling, tuition is still rising, people are taking on second jobs just to make ends meet and taking out second mortgages on their houses. Still, February is full of shows that will make you want to pawn the last of your stuff for the tickets. Since you’re… Continue reading Looking for love in all the right places
By Ryan Pike
To the average filmgoer, a director’s name carries with it a load of expectations. When a film is the latest effort from the acclaimed director of Fight Club and Se7en, it’s easy to expect a combination of each of those films. For those with more tempered expectations, David Fincher’s Zodiac is an impressive, if lengthy,… Continue reading Another killer Fincher flick
By Kyle Francis, Ryan Pike and Garth Paulson
The Boys – Garth Ennis and Daryck Robertson (Wildstorm) The Boys poses the classic post-Watchmen question: What if superheroes suddenly appeared in a world not unlike our own rather than one where it’s just as likely to get superpowers from a cereal box as an alien spacecraft? In Ennis’ world, someone with the strength to… Continue reading Best of Comics in 2006
The University of Calgary is man things. It’s an institution struggling to find a place in the Canadian post-secondary environment. It’s a series of buildings dropped into a middle-aged neighborhood. It’s an architectural mish-mash stuck between ugly ’60s brown and The Jetsons. Most importantly, though, the U of C is a place you will be… Continue reading 52 things to do before you graduate