Tue, 02/23/2016 - 13:27 by karyn
Frank & Oak collaborated with the LA-based brand CWST for their limited-edition menswear capsule collection "Made in LA" for Spring 2016. Inspired by the simplicity of the West Coast lifestyle, the Frank & Oak x CWST collection features premium European and Japanese fabrics as well as an exclusive color palette ranging from dusty sage and heather grays to saturated navy and caviar.
Tue, 02/23/2016 - 09:47 by karyn
The lineup for the 2016 edition of Montreal's Osheaga Music & Arts Festival has just been announced!
Mon, 02/22/2016 - 13:33 by karyn
The Berlin Wall is one of those tricky landmarks. Its construction divided a city, and caused immeasurable heartache for people on either side of the wall. Having said that, the wall also exists as a symbol. Perversely, it brought people together in as it gave East and West Germans something to hate. That much is clear based on the graffiti that is still visible on the wall itself. You can't distill that odd essence into one music video, but with their video for "Singularity," New Order gives their best shot.
Mon, 02/22/2016 - 13:03 by karyn
Think back to some of your favorite books when you were a kid and how amazing you thought they were (and still are). A Good Book Drive is an annual book drive that aims to inspire people from Vancouver, Brooklyn, Toronto and Calgary to pick up a new copy of an old favorite so that a new generation of kids can have the experience too. There's less than a week left! For a list of the drop-off locations, check out their website here.
Here's some inspiration.
Schitt's Creek's Annie Murphy
Mon, 02/22/2016 - 12:09 by karyn
It kicked off with a scream for change and an antistyle. Punk rock as we know it grows its roots from counter culture protest. Bringing everything that is considered ugly or marginal straight in your face with nothing less than grand shock value, it comes off as raw, persuasive, radical, unconventional and without rules. Heath Cairns, Montreal-based graphic designer and longtime punk appreciator, was telling me earlier this year how "the first wave of American punk and hardcore in the early 80's was a reaction to Ronald Reagan taking power in 1980".
Fri, 02/19/2016 - 14:16 by karyn
Back in 2004, music blogs held more power than people today can imagine, and with that, there were some brilliant acts that got championed by the larger blogs that didn't seem to fit the general winds of music at the time. One of those acts was Congolese street band Konono Nº1. Their 2004 release, Congotronics, got a lot of press, and was an exciting adventure into world music without all the crystal-gripping incense nonsense that usually bookends dipping one's toes in cross-continental groove-based music.
Thu, 02/18/2016 - 12:47 by karyn
Tomorrow, February 19th, Wild Nothing, a.k.a the now LA-based musician Jack Tatum, will release Life of Pause, his third studio album and much anticipated follow up to 2012’s Nocturne, on Captured Tracks (US) / Bella Union (UK). Tatum's output has become beloved with the crowd who swoon at John Hughes film scores, and this third full length most likely won't disappoint those fans, although, like most third records from mid-level acts, Life of Pause likely won't gain any new audiences for Tatum.
Wed, 02/17/2016 - 14:49 by karyn
Katy Goodman may love the vocal cord-shredding sounds of early '80s hardcore, but four albums into her own La Sera project's jangled-up discography, she's fully accepted that she'll never be popping neck veins in the booth with bulldog-vicious growls. "High Notes," the hay bale-toppling foot-stomper that kicks off the band's new Music For Listening To Music To, is a winking reflection of this, and plays out with Goodman's pristine pipes soaring over a countrified beat.
Tue, 02/16/2016 - 14:17 by karyn
Eleven years ago I dated a woman who had a seven-year-old daughter. For my birthday that year, a friend had given me a copy of the Arcade Fire record "Funeral," and as I was listening to it, attempting to understand the appeal of Win Butler's songwriting, that daughter walked into the room and stopped immediately.
Tue, 02/16/2016 - 11:47 by vanessa
OK GO's latest video for "Upside Down And Inside Out" was released last week, and if you would like to talk to the band about how the video was created, you can. The band will be doing a live Facebook Chat today, February 16th, at 1pm PST and a Reddit AMA tomorrow, Wednesday, February 17th at the same time to talk about the groundbreaking video.
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