CD Review: Trampled By Turtles, Stars and Satellites
If you’re a regular folkie at the Winnipeg Folk Fest, you may already be familiar with the pride of Northern Minnesota, Trampled By Turtles. The…
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CD Review: Decemberists, We All Raise Our Voices to the Air
Interesting is a prickly word. When I say something is interesting, I usually mean that it is mediocre, but that I am feeling too wimpy…
Worthy adaptation (Hunger Games double take!)
For most, Katniss Everdeen needs no introduction. Suzanna Collins’s bestselling novel The Hunger Games has moved out of Scholastic Book orders and into the mainstream….
Let the games begin (Hunger Games double take!)
If you’ve ever gone to see a movie based on a really good book, you’ll know what I mean when I talk about the feeling….
CD Review: The Darcys, Aja
In January Toronto indie rock quartet the Darcys just released their second of three albums, Aja, which is a reworking of the 1977 Steely Dan…
CD Review: Nada Surf, The Stars are Indifferent to Astronomy
Nineties alternative band Nada Surf celebrated their 20th anniversary with the release of their seventh album, The Stars are Indifferent to Astronomy. After achieving commercial…
CD Review: Young Galaxy, Versus
Following two fantastic shows at the West End Cultural Center this year, opening for Junior Boys and Austra, now is a good time to try…
CD Review: Kate Bush, 50 Words for Snow
Kate Bush can do anything. For those unfamiliar, Bush made British music history by being the first female singer with a number one, self-authored hit…
CD Review: David Lynch, Crazy Clown Time
Eraser Head, Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart — David Lynch hallmarks all. But Lynch and his unorthodoxy have found new form in the Nov. 13…
CD Review: The Decemberists, Long Love the King
Americana has been a constant muse for the Decemberists, conjuring images of a United States that might have once existed. For those who’ve enjoyed their…