The Canadian indie music scene has never been hotter. Thanks to bands like the Arcade Fire, Wolf Parade, and Broken Social Scene, even the hippest of hipsters down south are looking north for their new favourite band. With this in mind, a new record label, Vulpine Records, is launching in our very own city, not… Continue reading Music Interview: First Calgary, then the world
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Film Fest: Me and the Mosque
“If not now, when?” This is the central question of director Zarqa Nawaz’s documentary, Me and the Mosque. The film explores the Islamic attitude towards women, specifically in regards to partitions, an alarming new trend in Canadian mosques. These usually opaque barriers separate women from men during prayer. One of many interviewees in the film… Continue reading Film Fest: Me and the Mosque
U of C should be sans surplus
Ever since I became a student at the University of Calgary in the fall of 2001, one of the main complaints I’ve heard from students and faculty is that there is a ‘lack of funding.’ Every lazy complaint about any thing from the quality of the classrooms to the sizes of the classes themselves is… Continue reading U of C should be sans surplus
Spun: Driveway
The Canadian alt-country scene has been expanding rapidly over the last few years thanks to the likes of Kathleen Edwards, Matt Mays, and most recently, Driveway. It would be an overstatement to say anything on Driveway’s self-titled debut was particularly outside the box, but they do make themselves very comfortable within the confines of this… Continue reading Spun: Driveway
Spun: The Ditty Bops
The greatest commodity in all of music right now is originality, something which the Ditty Bops self-titled album has no shortage of. One of the most refreshing releases in recent memory, the Bops fuse kitsch-country with folk while mixing in elements of ragtime on their se;f-titled debut. The first half of the album plants its… Continue reading Spun: The Ditty Bops
Full White Drag
Full White Drag are touted as one of the “next big things” to come out of Canada, which makes you wonder who decides these things. On their five song EP, Everything Will Fall On One Night, the pace never proceeds past a crawl, with every song underscored by some sort of ambient static noise. Distorted… Continue reading Full White Drag
Venue Profile: Sugar free venue
Downtown Calgary is lined with so many interchangeable bars it can be damn near impossible to figure out exactly where you want to listen to Usher on any given evening. But like any city, search long enough and you are bound to find some hidden treasures. One such treasure is The Soda Lounge, tucked between… Continue reading Venue Profile: Sugar free venue
Movie Review: Robots too mechanical for adults to laugh
Perhaps we’ve come to expect too much from animated movies. Over the past several years, the whole idea of the animated feature turned on its head. We’ve been spoiled with movies like Monsters Inc., Shrek, and The Incredible, which were all sufficiently silly for the kids, but have the intelligence and wit for the grown-up… Continue reading Movie Review: Robots too mechanical for adults to laugh
Music Interview: No need to Crtl+Alt+Delete
Somewhere in a dark basement, a punk rocker leans back in his chair and flips on the TV. It doesn’t sound like anything special, but this isn’t any regular basement and this certainly isn’t any regular guy. Sitting amongst thousands of dollars of equipment in his own recording studio, Casey Lewis checks out the first… Continue reading Music Interview: No need to Crtl+Alt+Delete
Good Cause, Not so Good Concert
Landing somewhere in the space between a rock concert and a telethon, we have the concert for tsunami relief, benefiting the victims of the tragedy in South Asia. Hosts Brent Butt of Corner Gas and Canadian icon Rick Mercer engaged in playful banter between sets as a who’s who of Canadian pop stardom donned the… Continue reading Good Cause, Not so Good Concert