Sled Island preview: Cursive
By Jesse Graham I was first introduced to Cursive when I was a fresh faced fifteen-years-old. Having been recently broken up with by, at the time, the love of my life, I laid in...
The Reflector
Fleet Foxes new album organic and romantic
Released: May 3, 2011. Sub Pop Records The Fleet Foxes’ newest album Helplessness Blues seems appropriately named, as the group have made their lyrical endeavours more intimately personal, and their music more haunting. Robin...
Stranger than Friction
By Vanessa Redux, Sex Columnist So, we’ve all heard the stories about the girl who smeared peanut butter on her hairy taco and let her unsuspecting pooch go downtown, or the one about a...
Fairytales raise awareness for all including students
On the eve of the The Fairytales Film Festival it looks to be shaping up to be a good one. Fairytales always features provocative and perspective challenging cinema, but what I didn’t realize is...
Reverie proves a great end to Ghost River’s season
By Bri Turner Ghost River Theatre’s latest masterpiece, Reverie, made its flawlessly executed public debut on May 19th, and it seems inevitable that this unique and arresting production will leave an indelible imprint on...
Arthur still sucks
Admittedly this review of Arthur is a few weeks late, but gimme a break I don’t make it out to the theater often, and I don’t pirate movies–I know I’m lame on both accounts....
An appreciation of The White Stripes
By Sean-Paul Boynton Nearly four years ago, The White Stripes played their very first concert in Calgary, and it was more than worth the pain of being continually passed over during the previous seven-or-so...
Record Store Day brings out the crowds
By Lynne Hogan Record Store Day, April 16, is a young holiday in its fourth year with the goal of celebrating and supporting music. Born out of love for independent record stores and vinyl,...
D-O-Double-G double sucks
By Kevin Rushworth The big Snoopy D-O-double G himself—other wise known as Snoop Dogg—has taught me four lessons through his bangin’ tunes; first off, the self titled father of rap taught me to lay...
The sweet sound of breaking ground
MRU begins work on conservatory project By Bryan Weismiller Members of the Mount Royal University conservatory showed off their tremendous talent on April 26 during a ground-breaking ceremony for the school’s new music facility....
