Noise 101 : Reflector CD Reviews for March 4 Edition
Choice Cut by Sean-Paul Boynton It takes some serious guts, or maybe just a missing inner sense of concision, to put out a triple album as a studio recording of new material. The two...
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Noise 101: CD Reviews for Feb 11 Reflector
Choice Cut By Sean-Paul Boynton When the Pet Shop Boys released their album Behaviour at the dawn of the 1990s, it was clear that the preeminent disco kings were no longer content on making us...
Noise 101: CD Reviews for the Reflector Jan 28
Noise 101 Choice Cut By Sean-Paul Boynton Arts Editor People always say, “Never judge a book by its cover.” But when it comes to albums, sometimes looking at the cover and thinking about the...
Noise 101 : CD Reviews for Jan 14 Reflector
Choice Cut God bless the nerds who make beautiful music. From Buddy Holly to Brian Wilson to David Byrne, the musical world has always appreciated educated, uptight bookworms who are also able to lay...
Never too late to find a new subplot in life
It happens to a lot of us: having to stifle our creative sides in order to reap the rewards of the so-called “professional life,” our careers can get in the way of some of our...
Listen to your mother
“I don’t think I’d ever want to do that.” That’s how Ryan Guldemond responded when asked to describe his music. The lead singer, guitarist and songwriter for Mother Mother clearly didn’t want to define...
Noise 101: CD Reviews for Nov 5 Reflector
Choice Cut Tegan and Sara Sainthood Sire It has been exactly one year and three months since Tegan and Sara released The Con, and in the time between then and the recent debut of...
The Ice(land) man cometh
Did you know there was more to Iceland’s music scene than Björk? If you answered no to that question, Sindri Mar Sigfusson forgives you. “I sort of understand that no one really thinks about...
Noise 101: CD Reviews for Oct 22 Reflector
Choice Cut: The Flaming Lips Embryonic Warner Bros. Back in the days of vinyl, when rock bands were becoming more and more ambitious, the idea of a double album was exciting and intriguing. With...
Hip-Hop enthusiasts ready to Rock The Bells
To hip-hop enthusiasts in Calgary, who stood idly by while all the country and alternative acts made their way through the city, your turn has finally come. Rock the Bells is set to visit...
