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best musical religious-satire of 2008… so far
Plunder, Beg and Curse Colour Revolt Fat Possum Records Plunder, Beg and Curse is fantastic. Based out of Mississippi, the quintet's new album rocks out softly and sadly with a satirical, seven deadly sins theme, complete with messy, blemished illustrations on the...
zeigeist: hegel’s phenomenological history making
Notoriously complicated and oblique in content and form, G.F Hegel’s work on the topic of history is one that inspires much philosophical and historical curiosity. Indeed, many elements of the Hegelian phenomenological theory of history point to various conclusions on...
the pickups are sweet
Country Houses, City Street The Pickups Beautifully Misguided Records Finally! A band so incredibly emo, but not a single pretentious member with that awful, downward bent head gesture and shaggy hair covering one eye. Described as “flaneur-pop,” The Pickups are...
house of doc
East of West House of Doc Pacific Music Hailing from Winnipeg, House of Doc’s third album East of West celebrates love, life, and Canadian sensibilities in a light, amusing way. Upbeat, folksy, and altogether jovial, this album provokes the lighter side of everything...
cool disco, but lyrical no-go
mood swings small sins boompa records The Small Sins recently released their second album, Mood Swings as a follow-up from their debut eponymous work from 2006. Based out of Toronto, the quintet rocks out with groovy, contemplative electro-typical songs not unlike a...
notes on a scandal
In a nutshell, Richard Eyre's new film is a disturbing glimpse into the lives of two devastatingly lonely women. Judi Dench plays an embittered school teacher, an authoritarian whose depressingly vacant social life drives her to manipulate the deadly secret of the new...
you, you’re a history in rust…
do make say think monday october 29 commodore ballroom By hearing their ambient music, this seemingly nonsensical phrase can only be fully illuminated. Despite shiny discoballs and incessant smoke machines perforating their otherwise introspective sound, Do Make...
broken social scene
thursday october 25 @ commodore ballroom Arts&Crafts veterans Broken Social Scene paid a little visit to Vancouver and played some beautiful music that night. The last time I had seen them was a couple of years ago, and the two experiences to me proved the total...
Smashing Pumpkins Blaze the PNE Forum
After a close friend described the current state of the Smashing Pumpkins as "washed out," I was ready to defend the quartet despite their ostensibly lengthy, experimental, and not always well-received musical ventures. Why does everyone always make fun of Billy...