May: Month 5 of the 1000 Album Challenge
The 1000 Album Challenge – Plugging into the ever-drifting musical universe Ah, Summer. I’ve been caught in a whirlwind since the university year ended. One filled with sun, and friends and nature,...
View ArticleJune: Month 6 of the 1000 Album Challenge
The 1000 Album Challenge – Plugging into the ever-drifting musical universe I’ve heard so many amazing albums this month, and had many five album days. I want to spend my whole summer this way. To...
View ArticleJoThrillz –“Cruisin in the E” (Video Review)
JoThrillz (left) is out cruisin in the E with former UofA Bears running back KK Sonuga (right) There is something heartwarming about witnessing a fusion between the mainstream media sphere’s clean-cut...
View ArticleDavid Bowie as Ziggy Stardust: A finale re-issued
The 2003 video reissue of David Bowie’s last performance as Ziggy Stardust (orig. 1983) will be shown on September 4th as this month’s edition of Metro Cinema’s music documentary installation series....
View ArticleInterview: Discussing Leah-Lynne Plante and the Pacific Northwest Grand Jury...
In the wake of the recent hearings of Leah-Lynn Plante and Matt Duran, Sound+Noise has been working with academics and activists to bring this act of government-sponsored political oppression into the...
View ArticleDeath Grips: Because “F**k you,” that’s why.
Death Grips are the most important band in hip hop right now. They are the punk independent. They are the creative autonomous. They are the unpredictable indefinite. Death Grips represent a “fuck you”...
View ArticleThe Hunger Games: A Sociopolitical Analysis, and Rhetoric on the Necessity of...
Shiny, happy people holding hands. How cute. Director Gary Ross’ first attempt in the segmented adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games has been produced with more than enough resource to draw...
View ArticleCreativity and Songwriting: An Interview with Dan Mangan
Sam Maroney for Sound+Noise: What have you learned about songwriting since the early 2000s? Dan Mangan: I feel like songwriting changed from something that I liked doing to something that, I feel, is...
View ArticleDan Mangan and the Rural Alberta Advantage at the Winspear Centre
Openers Rural Alberta Advantage started with much power and enthusiasm on this night at Edmonton’s Winspear Centre. Aiming for emotive, anthemic strength, fast out of the gate, the result was...
View ArticleCloud Atlas: Lofty ideals claim too vast a territory
“From womb to tomb, we are bound to others. Past and present. And by each crime, and every kindness, we birth our future” Pared down, Cloud Atlas (2012) is an opus of human plurality in search of...
View ArticleThe Head and the Heart at Edmonton Folk Fest
Having seen this group twice at the Sasquatch Music Festival, I came to the Friday night performance of The Head and the Heart curious of their ability to maintain an attention to detail in a smaller...
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