By Jon Roe
Paul Aucoin has been a busy man the last few years. Besides contributing to or producing such bands as The Old Soul, the Fembots, Cuff the Duke and the Golden Dogs, he somehow found the time to form the Hylozoists. The band’s first album, 2002’s entirely instrumental La Nouvelle Gauche, was mostly performed by Aucoin,… Continue reading Music Interview: A veritable horde of Hylozoists
By Jon Roe
You may not remember Blake Sennett’s brief sojourn into the realm of child acting as Joey the Rat on the hit sitcom Boy Meets World in the mid ’90s, but you might remember his band Rilo Kiley. The California based indie band has released three full-length albums, including 2004’s More Adventurous. After Adventurous, Sennett began… Continue reading Music Interview: Blake Sennett gets Elected
Modesty and humility from popular acts in the entertainment business are a rarity, and music is no exception. Whether it’s the fame, money or power associated with popularity, there are a number of groups who take not only their lifestyle, but their fans for granted. Often too good to shake the hands of the same… Continue reading Music Interview: As I Lay Dying would lay dying for fans
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
The earth spins along at 1,669 kilometers an hour, making it impossible for any of us to truly stand still. Even if we were to somehow stop the earth in its tracks, the atoms we’re made of vibrate incessantly. While most of us fools are still trying to find some way of slowing down, the… Continue reading Music Interview: Wintersleep don’t sleep through winter
Benjamin Franklin once said, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Well, Ben, how about stress, something stuff like death and taxes certainly cause? The quote-spewing American Founding Father and inventor just might change his perspective if he could witness the technology-obsessed, impersonal, tension-filled environment of the 21st… Continue reading Music Interview: Carrie Hryniw arrives in pieces
By Fiona McLay
For most people, mention of the Maritimes conjures up ideas of quaint kitchen parties, idyllic fishing villages and perhaps Anne of Green Gables, but certainly not hip hop. However, Halflife/Urbnet recording artist Classified–a.k.a. Luke Boyd–hopes to change this perception. For a little over a decade now, Boyd has been making a name for himself and… Continue reading Musicc Interview: Classified hip hop
By Darren Young
Fear of flying is a common phobia to acquire in a society depending on airplanes for mass transportation. While Halifax rock band In-Flight Safety may not assuage any fears of verticality, their atmospheric and melody-driven sound could take one on a journey without the anxiety of air travel. Bear in mind, however, actually traveling in… Continue reading Music Interview: In-Flight Safety
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 Janice Tran
Wolves are pretty popular these days. Or at least bands with wolf names are. With rising success for wolf named bands such as Wolf Parade, Wolf Eyes, The Wolfnote and many others, it’s not hard to imagine the members of We Are Wolves might be getting tired of the comparisons to their wolf-like counterparts. “We’ve… Continue reading Music Interview: Dance music for the lupine among us