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Funny Bones
“Comedy is an escape—not from truth, but despair.” –some dead playwright. ____________________ Consuming political news is not often a pleasant experience. Like taking your vitamins…
Sarah Berman
Real Live Action
Mother Mother
At a sold-out Wednesday night show, whilst a snowstorm swirled outside, it was obvious just how much frontman Ryan Guldemond of Mother Mother enjoys the…
Real Live Action
Oneohtrix Point Never
Trippiness is a strange musical currency; value is so often predicated on the mind-altering substances consumed by its listeners. Having arrived stone sober at W2…
Under Review
Lightning Dust/Hard Drugs
Crafted by a pair of local boy/girl two-pieces, this split seven-inch pressed on white vinyl has a dark side and a goofy side—both of which…
Features
Flash Palace
01 SLOW BEAMS If a never-ending laser beam were unleashed inside the Taj Mahal, would it make a sound?
Real Live Action
Surfer Blood
If a university class in concert reviewing existed, I likely would have failed it on Tuesday, Oct. 5. I arrived at the Biltmore at 10:30…
Features
Sleepless in Salmo
Contrary to what you may or may not have been told, Shambhala Music Festival is not held in outer space. But considering its remoteness, heart-stopping…
Under Review
LCD Soundsystem
LCD Soundsystem – Drunk Girls At the risk of sounding like a Kool-Aid sipping bandwagoner, it must be said that rumours of this album’s party…
Features
Under Review
Sufjan Stevens & Osso
This is not really a Sufjan Stevens album. And it’s not really new, either. Run Rabbit Run is a sometimes-epic classical reworking of Stevens’ 2001…