By Jaime Burnet
As you walk to class one lovely fall day, crunching through leaves, sun on your face, watching agile squirrels jump from branch to branch, you may not have noticed the shaved head sitting on the shoulders of a black leather coat in the midst of the picturesque fall landscape. It was the head of author… Continue reading Book Inteview: Sodomy is the new poetry
By Jaime Burnet
Although Tegan and Sara could be dismissed as two girls who sing about love, it’s difficult to think of artists who aren’t inspired by their experiences with relationships and their elicited emotions. What gives these Calgarian sisters more substance than the average love struck girl pop duo is not only the fact that they write… Continue reading Spun: Tegan and Sara
By Jaime Burnet
With all of the dark synth, seductive vocals, drugs and sexuality of the ’80s, Mark Thomas Kluepfel’s new band, Action Action, is a trip back to the land of “Tainted Love” and hot pink Spandex. The band certainly not afraid of that connection, that hot pink sprayed all over Action Action’s debut, Don’t Cut Your… Continue reading Action Action
By Jaime Burnet
For the kids learning the opening notes of Deep Purple’s “Smoke on the Water” on guitars, using gum to tack AC/DC posters above their beds, and dreaming of rock stardom, The Reason’s Cam Bordignon has some words of inspiration. “All we’ve ever wanted to do was play music,” says the drummer for the band. “When… Continue reading The Reason give a reason to rock
By Jaime Burnet
The Reason sits contentedly in limbo between growling death metal and upbeat punk rock. As long as they aren’t the tired balladeers Hoobastank, any combination of music genres is welcome, even if this blend of desperate vocals and painful screams becomes more and more prevalent in the music scene. Along with corn and peaches, the… Continue reading The Reason
By Jaime Burnet
Looking around the narrow hallway of the Stride Gallery +15 Window Project at Calgary’s Epcor Centre, it is possible that any one of the arty people strolling past the displays may be Lindsay Sutton. Well, the women at least. The majority of them wear tweed blazers, sport thick emo-style glasses, have interesting hair (pompadours, green… Continue reading Romantic cynicism found in +15
By Jaime Burnet
Golf in the morning and a plate of “punk rock” penne for lunch? This doesn’t sound like a starving musician. Scott Solo, guitarist and backup vocalist for fast, guitar-riff driven Calgary skate-punk band Belvedere, is chowing down on some cheap pasta and Diet Coke at Boston Pizza in the city, while he answers a few… Continue reading Got your rockstar right here
By Jaime Burnet
Reading nunt is like listening to a cocky, middle-aged drunk trying to explain just how fucking tough he is by incorporating as much profanity as possible–especially the word cunt–into his tale of disregard for anything moderate. In this case, the cocky drunk is author Mingus Tourette, who has compiled biographical pieces of poetry written in… Continue reading Reads like its title suggests