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Beautiful Nothing musically, is an eighties ignited sphere of driving electronics, thick, grimace-inducing bass lines and soaring, dissonant guitar lines that would speak to the Pixies in their Bossanova years. Lyrically, the songs are an…
The Toronto International Film Festival wrapped a few weeks ago and Mehek Seyid makes a return to Contra Zoom where she talks about the 28 (!) films she saw at this year festival. The films…
Holy moly, I’m actually doing Tip Sheets in back to back months! The last time that happened was back in March and April this spring. Outdoor shows are finally over, so now we just have…
There is nothing like a hometown show of emerging bands. The crowd is energetic, everyone seems to know each other and everyone knows all the words to the songs. The Mod Club hosted the album…
“Danger, Danger” is a stunning ballad which was both written and produced by Marlon Chaplin. The song was recorded at Lincoln County Social Club in Toronto ON on July 27, 2017 and was engineered and…
Photos by Sue Sadzak It has been thirteen short years since The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou came out, the Wes Anderson movie that parodied famous French explorer Jacques Cousteau. A movie that is so…
Caren is an indie folk project by artist Sharon Nutzati. With influences like Joni Mitchell, Stevie Nicks, Feist, and Kathleen Edwards – Caren brings her folk roots together with producer Devon Lougheed (Hey Ocean, Smashing Satellites,…
Host Raina Douris from CBC Radio 2 introduced last year’s Polaris Music Prize winner Kaytranada to the stage to present the evening’s only award, the prestigious best Canadian album, and he talked about how much…
On this episode Sammy Feilchenfeld joins Dakota Arsenault as they discuss the end of the summer movie season. This epsidoe includes talk on some summer movie highlights, the media’s decision to cause a panic about…
