By Kate Foote
Acting as an outlet for excess creative sparks, side projects can also be a good indication of whether an artist could set the charts ablaze on their own. In many instances, solo success leads to the dissolution of the original band. Some go the way of Genesis’ Phil Collins–infinitely more successful on his own–while others… Continue reading Music Interview: City and Colour
By Kate Foote
In 2002, Michael Moore’s Academy Award winning documentary Bowling for Columbine became an icon of pop-culture. For arguably the first time, a documentary managed to transcend the yawn-factor traditionally associated with such films. The public has since come to embrace the art of documentary filmmaking, a fortunate transformation considering many under appreciated gems deserving accolades.… Continue reading Film Interview: Movies matter too, you know
By Kate Foote
It hasn’t been long since British films consisted predominantly of either Monty Python films or period dramas about repressed characters. Everything changed in 1998, however, when Guy Ritchie’s Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels created fresh appreciation for the darkly comedic British gangster genre. Following in this format is Canadian director Mike Scullion’s Gobshite. While… Continue reading Film Review: A little too much shite, not enough gob
By Kate Foote
Doing laundry sucks. The monotony of it all, combined with the sinking feeling there are a plethora of more deserving ways to waste your time makes for a generally unpleasant experience. However, if the chore is spiced up with one of the countless detergents engineered to smell like an orgy of assorted fruits and a… Continue reading Music Interview: No use for a headline
By Kate Foote
Religious experiences have come to signify increasingly bizarre things. The term has recently been used to describe the emotion felt upon discovering a grilled cheese sandwich with the likeness of the Virgin Mary on it. However, the archetypal religious experience, many would argue, was Moses’ encounter with the burning bush that spoke to him in… Continue reading Music Interview: Moneen has a religious experience
By Kate Foote
Calgary doesn’t suck. Sure, it gets cold enough to freeze your tongue to a metal pole in the winter–as most Calgary natives can attest–and our redneck image is as aggravating as Stampede tourists. Still, despite being considered a cultural wasteland by many bands, some actually like our fair city and enjoy being here. Greeley Estates,… Continue reading Music Interview: My Greeley Estates space
By Kate Foote
I am Ghost’s Epitaph debut, We Are Always Searching, is much like a seed. With proper nourishment–also known as better production–the band is likely to flourish into a bountiful venture. Following closely in the goth-pop-punk footsteps of the Used and My Chemical Romance, I am Ghost kicks it up a notch, incorporating a female vocalist,… Continue reading Spun: I am Ghost
By Kate Foote
When the United Service Organization heads overseas to entertain wounded troops, it’s fitting that the celebrities invited be of the generic, yet irritatingly cheery variety. A morning talk-show host or OC cast member would fit the bill. Believe it or not, hulk-like former Black Flag frontman Henry Rollins has been a recent fixture on the… Continue reading Word Interview: Rollins parties on TV
By Kate Foote
Remembering yourself a decade ago is usually embarrassing. Let’s face it, the ‘Rachel’ haircut, Pauly Shore’s heyday and a beverage with gelatinous balls suspended in it are all things better forgotten. However, glossing over this era would also mean neglecting Green Day’s Dookie, Pulp Fiction, and a time when Saturday morning cartoons were actually worth… Continue reading Music Interview: Knucklehead
By Kate Foote
There are few things still qualifying as ‘authentic’ in punk music today. Spending a day pacing outdoors in the summer sun on a racetrack while dust fills any orifice left unprotected, interspersed with indiscriminate flailing in a sweaty crowd is, to some, an experience definitive of punk. Warped Tour, however, has come to take an… Continue reading Music Interview: Radicals for the masses