What to check out at the Calgary International Film Festival
A brief preview on some potential highlights of CIFF 2017
Category: Arts
CD Review: Antisocialites by Alvvays
Alvvays Polyvinyl Records Score: A- Antisocialites is a short burst of beautifully crafted pop rock that captures the spirit of the genre with authentic ease. Winding picked guitars and dancing bass lines create layers...
CD Review: In Search of Lost Time by Partner
Partner You’ve Changed Records Score: B+ Partner’s debut full length album In Search of Lost Time combines everything the band does best. It’s a fun classic dad rock sound combined with proudly queer and...
CD Review: Okovi by Zola Jesus
Zola Jesus Sacred Bones Records Score: A- It’s not often that genre-bending is utilized to such grand effect, but Nicole Hummel (aka Zola Jesus) meshes elements of goth-pop, industrial, and quasi-Gregorian chants to such...
Say hello to everyone’s favourite clown
September begins with a frightening flick, that might have saved 2017’s summer slump
CD Review: Humanz by the Gorrilaz
Gorillaz Humanz Parlophone Records / Warner Bros. Distance may have been the best thing to happen to the much-hyped early summer release of Damon Albarn’s fifth studio Gorillaz release, Humanz. Initially met with mixed...
CD Review: Good for You by Aminé
Aminé Good for You CLBN / Republic Records Easily the most promising artist of XXL’s 2017 Freshman Class, 23-year-old Aminé made a grand entrance this summer with Good for You, a bombastic fifteen-track LP...
CD Review: A Deeper Understanding by The War on Drugs
The War on Drugs A Deeper Understanding Atlantic Records While Ryan Adams seemed to lay claim to the “Americana” crown earlier this year with Prisoner, it’s The War on Drugs who are poised to...
