Wolfgang Amadeus who?
“Mozart’s sister wrote music as well. They were both geniuses and prodigies who went on tour together when they were kids, treated like a circus act by their dad. So she was virtuosic in her own right...
View ArticleHonens goes to war
War gives rise to terrible innovations, both in the trenches and at home. Remember Freedom Fries?
View ArticleA minor place
Ponderous and lyrical, the music of Calgary-based singer/songwriter Clinton St. John is often like thumbing through a picture book, textured and laced with narrative — a comparison made real back in...
View ArticleCaffeinated chill-outs
Electronic music in all its forms pairs surprisingly well with coffee. DIY weirdo Matthew Herbert once recorded the sound of beans being poured into an empty herbicide container in the appropriately...
View ArticleDifferent sides of Aucoin
Rich Aucoin has a penchant for going big. His high-intensity live shows feature a parachute straight from your elementary school days and the same confetti cannons used by the Flaming Lips.
View ArticleOught not for naught
It’s difficult to talk about Ought, Montreal’s buzzy post-punk band du jour, without talking about the 2012 Quebec student protests.
View ArticleAlternative mythology
In the second week of September when Calgary was experiencing a surprise late-summer snowfall, California was subjected to its own extreme weather: record-setting triple-digit temperatures.
View ArticleBludgeoning and repetitive
This week, the Internet exploded with news that Twin Peaks, David Lynch’s iconically weird ’90s mystery comedy, would be returning to the small screen with a new season in 2016.
View ArticleNapalmpom’s unconditional love
This week, Calgary rock ’n’ rollers Napalmpom will release their debut full-length album.
View ArticleThe freakiest frequent flyers
If you’ve heard Chromeo, you’ll likely remember the first time you heard them.
View ArticleLethbridge to nowhere
Bespectacled punk dude Joel Butler once impressed Southern Albertan audiences with his work in the surf-tinged garage act Myelin Sheaths, the pogo-worthy punk of The Moby Dicks and the nihilistic...
View ArticleStill big, still shining
Big Shiny Tunes 2 is an anomaly. But an interesting one. It’s a Canadian compilation that’s outsold most Canadian albums.
View ArticleAustra strike awe
If you ask someone to describe Toronto’s Austra, they’re bound to mention danceable tracks laden with pop hooks and embedded with layers of dark, swirling synth.
View ArticleA Phantom and a phenom
They often work in shadow, yet they have the power to shake buildings and drive terror into people’s souls. Is it any wonder that the original Phantom of the Opera was also an organist?
View ArticlePrecious moments
In an age where every anniversary gets celebrated ad nauseam (i.e. Live’s “Throwing Copper Turns 20” on Stereogum), Toronto rockers the Sadies chose to keep their 20th anniversary to themselves.
View ArticleTake heart, give heart
While Clarke Alan Macleod is best-known for his Calgary-based noise-making — namely Bikeland, his melody-laced post-hardcore band — his latest project has its roots firmly entrenched in Quebec.
View ArticleProlific punks forever
Though they were simply formed to round out a lineup at Beerland, Austin, Texas’ much-loved hole-in-the-wall, in 2009, OBN IIIs have had some major staying power.
View ArticleIn the shadow of greatness
Plenty of legends have come to check out DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist’s shows.
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