By Remi Watts
It’s a bit ironic — an Albertan who moved to Toronto, only to then sing intimately about the Wildrose province. But for Nils Edenloff, it’s a reality. The singer, born and raised in northern Alberta, moved to Toronto for music. While there Edenloff met Paul Banwatt and Amy Cole, who became drummer and keyboardist, respectively,… Continue reading Sometimes distance is all you need
By Remi Watts
At first glance it may seem like Holy Fuck are using their name as a vehicle to make an explicit political or religious statement, but they aren’t. The band didn’t mean for their name to be harmful or offensive. “It was meant to be funny and sarcastic,” says band co-founder and name mastermind Brian Borcherdt.… Continue reading Holy Fuck: more than just an abrasive name
By Remi Watts
(I Scott Dunbar, a longtime professional busker and DIY recording artist, is in it for the soul of music and may just be the sort of fellow who could save us all. His Two Years To Live – a double disc set encased in plaid-patterned cloth rather than your usual trashy polyurethane wrapper– contains the… Continue reading Spun: Scott Dunbar
By Remi Watts
Listen: Calgary is full of terrific musicians. Recently I was privileged enough to catch a glimpse of one of these audio-inspired peoples, a folk-fellow calling himself “Pioneer.” The other day as I sat at my desk, minding the business of others, I was handed a rather strange looking CD– a black velvet case with glow-in-the-dark… Continue reading Spun: Pioneer
By Remi Watts
Are you currently searching for some music that is simultaneously refreshing and soothing? Well then look — and listen, of course — no further than the likes of Frazey Ford. As a child of the Kootney Mountains and a founding member of the Be Good Tanyas, Miss Ford’s debut solo project Obadiah is certainly something… Continue reading Spun: Frazey Ford
Today I woke up in an undisclosed location. My neck stabs into my thoughts. I am in physical pain because I fell asleep in a chair, on a desk. It has become more apparent than ever that our university lacks the adequate spaces required for students to thrive in their health. Our education system does… Continue reading Letter: A tower of possibility
Taking a nod from AMP Radio, we at the Gauntlet felt the need to host our own breast augmentation contest. Here are some of our submissions for why we deserve breast enlargement, or just breasts in general.Do you think you have better, more important reasons for getting a bigger rack, all the while exploiting yourself… Continue reading You can’t see tits on the radio
When I caught word Women were preparing to release a new album, that I was set to review it, and that it was to be produced by my personal hero– the enigmatic Chad VanGaalen who also produced their previous album– my expectations were high, to say the least. But instead of a musically-induced orgasm, I… Continue reading Spun: Women
By Noah Miller
Students heading to MacEwan Students’ Centre to mail taxes or process student loans will face disappointment and have to trek a little further with the closure of the Canada Post outlet in the basement of MacHall. “The closure of the postal outlet was not Canada Post’s choice, it was a request by the [University of… Continue reading University of Calgary post office outlet closes
By Jon Roe
One comment taken out of proportion can cause a chain of misunderstanding and result in quite a ruckus, especially when the parties involved get caught up in the momentum of the miscommunication. The Alberta government found itself in a curious mess this week after a quote about the future of the cap on wind power… Continue reading Editorial: NDP, Herald blowing hot wind