The Montreal trio Big Brave opened for Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra at Lee’s Palace, and they did so in a highly unconventional way. With large passages of silence, sudden explosions of amplifier torture,…
Boris, The Atlas Moth at Lee's Palace
August 9, 2014
Photographs by Olivia Leung. “Let’s get high”, David Kush of The Atlas Moth suggested right before stoner metal warriors The Atlas Moth began. He continued to be light hearted the entire night by even responding…
New Nachtmystium is finally out, and what can we expect from one of America’s most important metal bands? At this point, it is fairly obvious that many people world wide wouldn’t care regardless of the…
The World We Left Behind - Nachtmystium (2014)
August 7, 2014
Final Rating: 8.5/10 This review is not going to reflect on the controversies surrounding Blake Judd. I have already written an article that touches upon that, and thus, this will be left to being strictly…
Alvvays - Alvvays (2014)
August 7, 2014
Final Rating: 8.3/10 I’ve always said you cannot go wrong with the sounds of the 60’s. Even the lackluster material from this era was charming, innocent, joyful and uplifting. Channeling that same aura is difficult,…
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
August 5, 2014
Final Rating: 7.8/10 This is the Marvel movie I’ve been waiting for. I don’t mean to say that there hasn’t yet been a Marvel film that has been good, especially with the two recent X-Men…
Life Itself (2014)
August 4, 2014
Final Rating: 8.9/10 Life Itself: A film about a renown critic that can leave its inspired audience, the many critics touched by Ebert, speechless. Roger Ebert is easily one of the most important critics of…
Modest Mouse at Echo Beach
August 3, 2014
Photographs by Sean Chin. “I love a good storm”, Isaac Brock said. Unlike us all, he was disappointed that the horrible weather had passed Toronto and that there was smooth sailing ahead for the Modest…
Kevin Drew at Echo Beach
August 3, 2014
Photographs by Sean Chin. “Another storm has passed”, Kevin Drew said wide eyed. Like most of us, the feeling of doom quickly subsided. We could enjoy the show without rain, and Drews set was one…