By Dave Heaton
With summer finally rolling in, dreams of road trips, campfires and hanging out by the lake are probably well entrenched into many of our heads. This change in season also brings about a change in the sound of The Get Up Kids on their latest album.On A Wire has seemingly shifted slightly to the left,… Continue reading The Get Up Kids, On A Wire
My faith in punk was restored today.Edmonton’s Choke recently released their fourth album, There’s a Story to This Moral, on Smallman Records. The disc beautifully captures the essence that drives their live performances and sends their fans into a moshing frenzy. Singers Jack Jaggard and Clay Shea work the vocals back and forth, allowing the… Continue reading Choke, Theres a story to this moral
After a six year hiatus, DJ Shadow is back with his most intricate and layered masterpiece to date.The Private Press contains 14 tracks ranging from spacey samples on top of head bobbing breakbeats to ambient spoken word. Definitely his most adventurous record yet, this disc is nowhere near as accessible as 1996’s critically acclaimed Endtroducing…..… Continue reading DJ Shadow, The Private Press
By Preet Bhogal
If you’re looking for the sequel to The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, you ain’t gonna get it.The release of MTV Unplugged 2.0 was relatively low-key, fitting for this double CD of all new acoustic material. The songs are about Hill’s own experiences, covering issues from the trappings of fame to spiritual awakening. Many of the… Continue reading Lauryn Hill, MTV Unplugged 2.0
Seafood’s sophomore album, When Do We Start Fighting… shows off a band on the road to self-discovery.It is an oddly schizophrenic album, switching from the Starsailor-style Brit-rock of "Western Battle" to the folky vocal harmonies of "What May Be the Oldest" to the desperate shouts of "get up soldier" in "Cloaking." But somehow, the band… Continue reading Seafood, When do we start fighting…
It’s ironic that Jesus Jones chose to call their best of record Never Enough, since if anything it is just too much. However, the CD, which clocks in at over 70 minutes even without the additional hour of remixes, is still enjoyable. Most of the tracks are well written and contain infectious energy and a… Continue reading Jesus Jones, Never Enough: The Best of Jesus Jones
By Falice Chin
Falice Chin What could possibly be worse than the movie Josie and the Pussycats? A band that sounds exactly like them!This four-piece band calls this a Teaser EP, but it’s more like a lollipop for some young "punk" chick. It’s almost unbelievable that The Weekend opened for such amazing acts as Green Day and The… Continue reading The Weekend, Teaser EP
By CH Smith
A-Trak scrathin’ the itch on his turntablesMay 30th saw Montreal hip hop crew Obscure Disorder featuring the youngest three time DMC ITF and Vestax World Champion, DJ A-Trak, at the Night Gallery. Dubbed the "Doogie Howser" of scratch because of his age (15), it was the DMC champ who stole the night.
By Heath McLeod
I’m waiting around the office for an interview with Duotang. An hour passes, and they still haven’t called. I go over my options of what I can do if I don’t get to chat with them. Perhaps I could review something special, like eating an apple. Or maybe I could regurgitate some scores from the… Continue reading The Bright Side of Duotang
By James Keller
Brundelfly’s Ian Somers is no novice in the music world and certainly no stranger to the reduce, reuse and recycle attitude that seems to be cropping up there as well. The former bass player of the Canadian chart-toppers Limblifter (who were comprised of Age of Electric band-mates and Somers) left the world of major-label rock… Continue reading Second helping of Somers