Category: Music
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The Big Short plays the underdog while betting on The House
The Big Short spends most of its running time trying to occupy a moral high ground none of its characters have earned. It talks a good game about challenging assumptions, but ultimately reinforces what we think we already know.
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Friday Music: EMA, Boris, Nothing, Mogwai
Erika M Andersons’ previous album, Past Life Martyred Saints, was one of those albums I liked & admired, but didn’t love. It was dark, moody, and emotional, and something I should have adored, but it just didn’t click for reasons I can’t fully explain. There are no such problems with Future Void*, which is one of the […]
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Spooky Songs for Ghouls & Ghosts: A Hallowe’en Playlist
It’s almost Hallowe’en. Truthfully, I listen to weird and spooky music for most of the year, but only occasionally does this become socially acceptable. Yes, there are two Nick Cave songs. Normally, I would consider this to be cheating, but he has an entire album about murder, so I think it’s fair game. Many of these, […]
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The Weight Of Gold by Forest Swords
Spooky, moody soundscape from The Forest Swords‘ new album Engravings, out August 26th.
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The Corin Tucker Band: Neskowin
Hearing Corin Tucker sing is one of those religious rock & roll experiences like no other.
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Godspeed You Black Emperor: Mladic
For the first time in ten years, there is a new album by Godspeed You Black Emperor. This is a pretty big deal.
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Stars: Through the Mines
The North is the best Stars album in years, and Through the Mines is its best track.
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February Music: Not Radiohead
I’m not going to write about Radiohead. I like Radiohead, you might like Radiohead. So far, I really like King of Limbs; there’s some good stuff there. But everyone’s talking about Radiohead. And, truth be told, I was excited about some recent music before I even knew there was a new Radiohead album. If we’re […]
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Singing Other People’s Songs
As a general rule, I don’t like covers. Too often, it’s just lazy musicians trying to get attention by playing songs people already know. But sometimes, it’s just really great to hear a familiar song played by someone who was pretty awesome anyway. St. Vincent is generally pretty awesome. Her albums are very good, and […]
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May Music: BSS, Land of Talk, Mono, Lucky Soul
Sometimes, I worry that I’m not Canadian enough. I don’t like a lot of things that Canadians are supposed to like, like Rush, Hockey, or Paul Gross. So I hate to be judgemental about this sort of thing, but I’m going to do it anyway: If you don’t like Broken Social Scene, you are a […]