Noise 101 – CD Reviews for September 8th
Red Hot Chili Peppers I’m With You Warner Bros. A lukewarm offering, I’m With You lacks the sizzle or spice of the Red Hot Chili Peppers past work. The band’s 10th record likely suffers...
Category: Arts
Calgary arts take centre stage
Vanessa Gillard Arts Editor The city’s festival circuit was incredibly vibrant this summer, though Calgarians saw the loss of the much-beloved Jazz Festival. From traditional ethnic from all over the world, indie upstarts and...
Ufest poised to delight all involved
By Vanessa Gillard The first year of our alma mater’s inception went well all things considered. It kicked off last September with the appropriately named Ufest, which featured the oddly paired Canadian hip hop...
Portamento’s The Drums pounds a too familiar beat
Just a year after releasing their self-titled debut album, The Drums get rolling again on another record, but perhaps prematurely. Suffering the departure of guitarist Adam Kessler last year, the remaining trio seems to...
Expolatino promises sun and spice.
It’s one of the last festivals around before school begins once more, which makes it all that much more appealing. Expolatino’s 15th anniversary is bound to be better than ever this coming weekend. Check...
Ye and Jay work well seperately
Jay-Z and Kanye West Watch the Throne Roc-A-Fella, Roc Nation, Def Jam After weeks of hype and meticulous secrecy, Jay-Z and Kanye West’s much-anticipated and highly promoted collaboration, Watch The Throne, hit iTunes on...
Discomfort, discovery to be had at Fringe’s Slut (r)evolution
By Brianna Turner The first thing that must be said about this show is that you are liable to walk out feeling vaguely as though you’ve been put through a meat-grinder. Everything about Cameryn...
Queens are kings at the Jubilee
By Vinciane de Pape All too often, Calgary music fans are given the great disservice of experiencing a band’s half-hearted, lackluster performance. Unfortunately, sitting between the east and west coasts means that we’re usually...
Blue Rodeo tops off a night of Canadiana at Calgary Folk Fest
By Vanessa Gillard Sunday evening at Folk Fest this year was a hard one to top; the beautiful weather had put everyone in a splendid mood and the sunset was beating orange on the...
Calgary Folk Fest delivers on all fronts
By Sean-Paul Boynton When the sun finally decided to keep on shining throughout the weekend after a gloomily rained-out Friday, the 2011 Calgary Folk Music Festival truly came alive. In this reviewer’s opinion, the...
