By Josh LaVoie
The Caesar’s Paper Tigers is a perfect example of ’60s revivalism. Self branded as a mixture between psychedelic and garage rock, the band jumps into the same niche held by other retro-rock bands as the Hives and the (International) Noise Conspiracy. Very rarely do these retro connoisseurs achieve such accuracy in their recreation of a… Continue reading Spun: Caesars
By Josh LaVoie
There aren’t enough albums intending to be nothing more than stupid fun. When the Murder Doll’s Wednesday 13 set off to produce a solo effort, he did so without taking himself too seriously, the resultant album, Translyania 90210: Songs of Death, Dying, and the Dead, is a satirical homage to B list horror movies. While… Continue reading Spun: Wednesday 13
By Josh LaVoie
If the administration at Mount Royal College has its way, the Calgary post-secondary scene will be vastly different a few years from now. The college is aggressively pursuing accreditation to become Calgary’s second university. “Mount Royal University will be a nimble and adaptable institution,” stated the college’s campaign site. “The focus is on students and… Continue reading Mount Royal University?
By Josh LaVoie
The space has seen many uses throughout the years, ranging from a comic store, to the Students’ Union’s Tuition Hut last year. Located in the north-east corner of the MacEwan Student Centre food court, the spot was in need of a new purpose and is now occupied by SUSHIndigs. ‘SUSHIndigs is intended to provide a… Continue reading SU’s SUSHIndings sushi-less
By Josh LaVoie
After last year’s Students’ Union General Election, some students lost faith in the system. There were numerous appeals, and more than once the voting system had trouble starting on election days. In an attempt to restore the faith of voters and prevent a relapse of previous issues the SU has been busily working on a… Continue reading CRO: Online voting will be smooth
By Josh LaVoie
If there is one thing that virtually everyone has an opinion on, it’s terrorism. With nearly limitless theories on the roots and justifications for terrorism, along with its potential cures, making sense of it has proved difficult for many scholars. That is however exactly what the University of Calgary Center for Military and Strategic Studies… Continue reading CMSS lecture series on today’s terrorism
By Josh LaVoie
There were two songs that originally got me hooked on punk music: Rancid’s “Ruby Soho” and MxPx’s “Doing Time.” Those two songs changed my musical tastes and have had me listening to punk rock for the last seven years. The boys from Bremerton waited three years since their last full-length, offering fans the Renaissance EP… Continue reading MxPx
By Josh LaVoie
In the land of punk there is a distinct division between groups. You’ve got your old school punks who have been enjoying the scene in some cases since the early ’80s. Then, you’ve got your new school punks whose interest was spurred when Blink 182 made it big in the late ’90s. The second group… Continue reading Strung Out plays MacEwan Ballroom and speaks to us
By Josh LaVoie
If you’re like some people I know, every time you buy a slurpee you have an unquenchable urge to put all 12 flavours in one cup. Myself, I can’t stand the idea–more than two varieties and I think you’re asking for trouble. The Dandy Warhols’ latest offering, Welcome to the Monkey House, bucks the trend… Continue reading The Dandy Warhols
By Josh LaVoie
“Punklet” – 13 to 17 year old punk kiddies willing to buy up broadcast and advertise for any and all things punk. In the midst of teen rebellion, this species will often lash out at its parents and stay out all hours of the night attempting to get one of their older acquaintances to buy… Continue reading Bouncing Souls meet crowd-surfing punklets