Fun100/Paper Lanterns
Bubblegum punk on bubblegum-coloured vinyl in the best possible way. I’ve lost track of which band is the poppier of […]
Reviews
Feu Thérèse, Ça Va Cogner
Stuart Berman of eye magazine made me go back and listen to this again. I had initially dismissed it as […]
The Doers, Gaiety
Absolutely perfect. Again! Do the Doers have a single bad song? I’m not even sure that’s possible at this point. […]
Chromeo, Fancy Footwork
One look at electronic dance-duo Chromeo tells you everything you need to know about them and just how cool they […]
Vic Chesnutt, North Star Deserter
Vic travels north at the behest of his pal filmmaker Jem Cohen and they hook up with the Constellation house […]
Cap’n Cops/Todi Stronghands, The Smokin’ Split
If this were an LP, it would be two sides of gravel-voiced folk-punk. It’s a CD, so it’s only one […]
The Bicycles, The Good, the Bad, and the Cuddly: The Interactive DVD Board Game
As far as gameplay goes, I remember nothing. It all went by so fast! I… had fun? Yes. I enjoyed […]
Baby Control, Best War
Back in the day when I played guitar and failed to get any fully functioning band off the ground, I […]
Amos the Transparent
The Transparent are comparing themselves into redundancy. This is music best enjoyed seven or eight years ago when the soft […]
12 Stones, Anthem for the Underdog
Apparently, this hot plate is dedicated to the survivors of Hurricane Katrina. Can they give back a dedication? Because this […]
Falsework
Falsework is a generous book of narrative poetry that tells the story of the collapse of Vancouver’s Second Narrows Bridge […]
Home of Sudden Service
Elizabeth Bachinsky’s onstage presence at the Scream in High Park last summer was both stolid and tender, gothic and whimsical; […]