By Thomas Johnson, September 7 2018 —
Vancouver power-rock duo The Pack A.D. stomped through Calgary the evening of Wednesday, Sept. 5 in support of their latest album, Dollhouse. Guitarist and lead-vocalist Becky Black and drummer and backup vocalist Maya … Read the rest
By Thomas Johnson, September 7 2018 —
Rome, last year’s collaboration between Brooklyn-based underground stalwarts billy woods and Elucid, was the densest hip-hop record in recent memory. Under the Armand Hammer moniker, the duo has been responsible for some of … Read the rest
By Thomas Johnson, September 6 2018 —
The video for Toronto soulstress Charlotte Day Wilson’s “Work,” the staggering lead-single from her Polaris long-listed, Juno-nominated EP CDW (2016), sets a camera squarely facing a subway escalator, capturing hundreds of women on … Read the rest
By Thomas Johnson, August 31 2018 —
“I feel like I’m Afraid Of Men forced me to relive a lot of experiences that I maybe wouldn’t have had I not decided to embark on the book. But in the context … Read the rest
The Polaris Prize will be awarded to the best Canadian album of the last year on Sept. 17. Here’s the albums we think deserve to be recognized as the True North’s best.
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Alvaays — Antisocilites
Antisocialites was conceived … Read the rest
By Thomas Johnson, August 30 2018 —
With the school year rapidly closing in, students are once again flocking to Calgary, clutching their protractors and abaci with the sciences in mind. As a traditional changeover from the festival season, Beakerhead … Read the rest
By Thomas Johnson, August 1 2018 —
Ah, the Calgary Folk Fest: our city’s most magical weekend. A four-day sojourn into the intimate depths of Prince’s Island Park, a lush greenery sequestered in the heart of our city, a million … Read the rest
By Thomas Johnson, July 20 2018 —
“I think often filmmaking only happens in these hubs — Hollywood, Vancouver, Toronto, New York. A lot of us native people, we’re rooted in our ancestral homelands. That’s where we draw our strength, … Read the rest
By Thomas Johnson, July 17 2018 —
Deafheaven’s discography — as a radical outlier in a staunchly traditional metal scene and the larger conversation of independent rock — has taken an unpredictable trajectory, but a sensible one if considered chronologically. … Read the rest
By Thomas Johnson, July 13 2018 —
The Calgary Stampede, to its credit, pumps metropolitan Calgary with so much life-blood that the incoming energy manifests itself in as eclectic a range in music as you’ll see anywhere in Canada on … Read the rest
