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-11 posts tagged "Canada"
Nelisha Silva and Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, March 1, 2023
Foreign meddling in democratic elections in North America sounds like a familiar story. This time, however, we do not need to rehash the particulars of the Mueller Report and allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential elections. No, this saga is playing out north of the border in Canada, and almost nobody in
Anna Falk | Monday, April 4, 2022
Arcade Fire is a very nostalgic band for me. My dad used to love playing their music in his old Honda Accord, and eight-year-old me used to hate listening to them. I’ve since changed my mind. To newcomers unaware of their music: They can be weird. However, this is what makes them so exciting. The
Anna Falk | Tuesday, March 22, 2022
The evolution of a band and their music is one of the most fascinating things to see. Sometimes they evolve for the better, and other times for the worse. There are even times when a band’s evolution doesn’t do anything but make them more interesting. This area is where I see “From 2 to 3,”
Nicole Bilyak | Friday, February 12, 2021
It comes as no surprise that we have lost a lot of big-name celebrities in 2020. 2021 has just started, but we have already lost a lot of influential artists and movie stars. But none of them were as well-known or as prominent as Christopher Plummer, who passed away on Feb. 5. Born Arthur Christopher
Jordan Ryan | Monday, February 26, 2018
Not a day goes by without seeing something in the news regarding the opioid crisis. On average, we lose 176 Americans a day to drug overdoses. Unfortunately, we have yet to unlock an effective solution capable of producing successful results. State and local governments have reacted to this crisis by, at least in part, playing
Raymond Ramirez | Tuesday, February 6, 2018
It’s an all too familiar story: A porous southern border encourages desperados to import their culture of criminality, ignoring the rule of law and endangering innocent citizens. As a result of these activities, gun-related killings have spiked to historically high numbers, with police in one major city reporting that about 70 percent of the guns
Owen Lane | Wednesday, October 25, 2017
Canadian hip-hop duo dvsn (pronounced “division”) have returned only 18 months after the release of their solid debut album, “SEPT. 5th.” The first album’s sound oozed with the velvety smooth style of vocalist Daniel Daley and the utterly consistent beats from Toronto producer Nineteen85. On the new album, “Morning After,” dvsn continues to provide the sound
Brian Boylen | Thursday, October 12, 2017
For a band with barely any vocals, Godspeed You! Black Emperor has always been an unabashedly political group. From their occasional public statement to their sample choice in their music, the Canadian group has embodied a far-left, anti-government and at times anarchic ideology from their very inception back in the 1990s. They have continued this
Adrian Mark Lore | Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Seldom does a band have the opportunity to release two self-titled records over the course of their career. For the Canadian post-punk outfit Preoccupations, a name change provided the opening. Formerly known as Viet Cong, the band decided to opt for a new moniker just last year — and only one year after first capturing
Dakota Connell-Ledwon | Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Canadian indie pop duo Tegan and Sara have been working to craft the soft alternative soundtrack to every girl’s teenage drama and subsequent nostalgia since the performers were fifteen years old. But from the moment the identical twins picked up a guitar and started a band without a drummer or bass player, their music carried