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Review | La Sera - Music For Listening To Music To

Fri, 03/04/2016 - 07:36 by karyn

The title of La Sera's new album Music For Listening To Music To is a misnomer. With a deft hand, La Sera has put together a collection of ten songs that masterfully blend into the background, barely registered at all. Perfect for the backdrop to a chill party, or a millenial-friendly commercial for a banking app. That's not to say there's anything wrong with that. Fans of La Sera's lilting style will find a lot to love here, especially on "Nineties" and "High Notes".

Untitled Art Space turns one! [Event]

Thu, 03/03/2016 - 13:50 by vanessa

Over the past 12 months, Untitled Art Space has been testing the limits of the art gallery experience with everything from photography and audio/visual performances, to an installation of a partial skateboard park coming through the doors of the tiny space. Through this year-long exploration, the gallery has found that its identity lays ultimately in collaboration and the experimentation of interactive art and interdisciplinary projects.

Video of the Day | Nada Surf - "Rushing"

Thu, 03/03/2016 - 13:47 by karyn

Before Benjamin Franklin traveled to France and inadvertently created modern medicine, patients were more like customers, and told doctors what to do rather than being observed and diagnosed. Back then, nostalgia was listed as an official illness in the doctor's handbook. We're unsure of what the cure for nostalgia was, but if it were still considered an illness, writing about Nada Surf in 2016 would be one of the symptoms, especially on Thursdays, a day of the week generally reserved for such a sickness.

Video of the Day | The Kills - "Doing It To Death"

Wed, 03/02/2016 - 14:41 by karyn

The Kills' new video for "Doing It To Death" is simultaneously macabre and playful, which is also probably the most apt way to describe the oeuvre and image of the British duo of Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince. Taking place around a vaguely Southern funeral, and culminating inside a one-room chapel where Mosshart preaches while smoking from the pulpit, the mildly sleazy delivery of the vocals and the visual style showcases Americana through the romantic and somewhat adorable lens that only the English do.

Your Monthly Horoscope

Tue, 03/01/2016 - 14:00 by karyn

Shanda Leer is your favourite tipsy aunt at a wedding. Besides making every pizza personal-sized, her three talents are hosting, toasting and ghosting.

Aquarius

Have I made a dawning of the age joke recently? Honestly, Aqua child, that’s how done the cosmos are with you right now. I can’t even divine what you did, tbh. Do you think this is why your relationship with your parents is so strained?

Aries

ASICS Tiger x Reigning Champ

Mon, 02/29/2016 - 15:00 by karyn

Japanese footwear ASICS Tiger premiered the launch of their apparel line by partnering with Canadian athletic brand Reigning Champ. The collaboration consists of a mix of 15 pieces -- hoodies, crewneck sweatshirts, t-shirts and shorts -- available in black, grey and navy blue. The same colour scheme transitions over to the collaborative Trio GEL-Lyte III silhouettes.

Video of the Day | In A Day - Pale Dian

Mon, 02/29/2016 - 14:39 by karyn

The resurgence of dream pop over the last several years can perhaps be traced to the political homelessness and Gen X ennui hangover that people under 30 regularly battle with. Dream pop, much like the new romantic new wave it grew out of, marries beauty to grit, fulfilling a hole in the depressed and rudderless. For those who were not around the first time dream pop had popularity, bands like Austin's Pale Dian stand on the hunched shoulders of holographic giants of new wave's shadowy younger brother.

Review | Andy Ferro - Muirhead

Fri, 02/26/2016 - 11:49 by karyn

There is an odd intimacy that comes from strumming the guitar with a certain rhythm. It's reminiscent of parties around bonfires or in basements, quiet and vulnerable. On Muirhead, Andy Ferro slyly mixes this sort of intimacy with haunting instruments and sounds. The result is a collection of songs that are reminiscent of the indie rock of the early 90's, sad-yet-jangly, but with an added emotional edge. "Sugar and Milk" is probably the most radio-ready cut, but "Hood" and "Useless Powder" are standout tracks as well.

Video of the Day | 3 Doors Down - In The Dark

Thu, 02/25/2016 - 12:26 by karyn

I know absolutely nothing about 3 Doors Down, but I've been vaguely aware of their existence for about 18 years. They're like a kid you go to high school with, and only after graduating realize you never knew their name. Unflapped by their crushing mediocrity, 3 Doors Down have pressed on and apparently released a new music video. The video impressively features an actor from the acclaimed cable series Breaking Bad. That actor, unimpressively, is RJ Mitte, aka, Walt Jr. (No offence to RJ, but make better choices if you don't want to be the butt of jokes, lad).

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