Album review: You Tell Me by You Tell Me
You Tell Me You Tell Me Memphis Industries Score: B+ Melding a mix of harmony driven compositions and shining solo moments, You Tell Me’s self titled LP creates a beautiful and surreal album which...
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Album review: Universalis by Hammock
Hammock Universalis Self-Released Score: A- Ambient as a genre is one easy to listen to, but hard to criticize. What makes the pensive throes and undulating loops of non-vocalized sounds worthy of an hour...
5 books by women of colour to read in 2019
By Karina Zapata, Arts Editor After taking a quick look at my bookshelf, I noticed one thing: an overwhelming amount of the books that I own were written by white people. In one of...
How a Calgary student took passion for art and race to create the comic ‘Race Issues’
By Karina Zapata, Arts Editor On Thursday, Jan. 3, The New Gallery held the launch of an exhibition titled, Race Issues. Race Issues is a comic series created by Eman Elkadri an Information Design...
Prepare for April when ‘Normal People’ hits the shelves
By Karina Zapata, Arts Editor Look out, Canada. Normal People by Sally Rooney is the new definition of a book that you can’t put down. I had the pleasure of picking up this book...
Album review: Oxnard by Anderson .Paak
Anderson .Paak Oxnard Aftermath Entertainment Score: A From the opening moments of “The Chase,” to the closing jazz improvs of “Cheers,” Anderson .Paak finds space to make an endlessly captivating and unique record on...
Album Review: Some Rap Songs by Earl Sweatshirt
Earl Sweatshirt Some Rap Songs Tan Cressida / Columbia Score: A For the man born Thebe Kgotsitsile (though better known as Earl Sweatshirt), the crown for top hip-hop lyricist has never not been within...
Netlix’s Dogs is a canine-filled masterpiece
By Colin Macgillivray, Arts Editor When Netflix’s newest docu-series, Dogs, launched on the streaming platform in mid-November, I was more than skeptical. Sure, there was no doubt in my mind that it would be...
A list of the most iconic holiday films of all time
By Colin Macgillivray, Arts Editor Sick and tired of reading lists that rank holiday movies each year? Well too bad! I’ve signed a contract with jolly old Saint Nick himself and he’s gnashing at the...
A case for A Charlie Brown Christmas, one of the most iconic holiday specials of all time
By Colin Macgillivray, Arts Editor December is upon us. With brisk mornings, a never-ending bloodlust for ‘stuff’ and extravagant displays of lights brings with it a horse-drawn carriage of holiday-themed entertainment. Each year, we...
