CD Review: Jay-Z and Kanye West, Watch the Throne
A collaborative effort by Jay-Z and Kanye West, Watch the Throne was originally intended as a five track EP, but the recording evolved into a…
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Essentially a playlist
As I write this, the London riots are an ongoing concern (hopefully by the time this goes to print they’ll be over) and I’ve just…
Sparkled with broken glass
My city’s still breathing (but barely, it’s true) through buildings gone missing like teeth. The sidewalks are watching me think about you, all sparkled with…
Pop personas
This spring, two of the world’s biggest pop stars release albums that tell us what we already knew: Britney Spears and Lady Gaga take different…
Essentially a play list
Well this is it folks — it’s the end of another publishing year at the Toban and quite possibly the end of “Essentially A Playlist.”…
Essentially a play list
It may have been more than 15 years since I was there, but the memory of a year living in Japan has remained with me…
Integral arts
“Collaborative” and “multimedia” are two words that get thrown around a lot in today’s art world. As art becomes more of an intellectual exercise and…
Watching Armageddon
What does a Manitoba-born, Toronto-dwelling piano student turned guitar “partisan” have in common with rappers Chuck D and Flavor Flav? Please write in if you…
Try a little tenderness
Everybody likes music, which is why it should be illegal to call listening to it a hobby. It’s not a hobby if everyone on Earth…
Boats to launch
Boats is a Winnipeg band with a taste for absurdist juxtaposition, childlike enthusiasm and a sound that brings to mind xylophones even when they aren’t…