Arts & Entertainment

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Red Hot Chili Peppers: I’m With You

I’m With You, the tenth record from the Red Hot Chili Peppers and the first after a five-year hiatus, takes the signature Pepper funk sound in a different direction. The new route is undoubtedly due to the departure of long time guitarist John Frusciante, the band’s musical compass, and his[Read More…]

Don’t put this conscious comic in a corner

sophiek.com If comedians were meals, Hari Kondabolu would be the delicious, home-cooked variety. Other stand-up comics are frequently almost equally tasty, but often, I find myself enjoying a routine only to feel nauseous looking back at what I’ve tacitly endorsed with my laughter—exactly how I feel after eating McDonald’s. Following[Read More…]

Kung fu film an action-packed epic

mymovies.ge It’s 690 B.C. in ancient China, on the eve of a coronation that will vest a woman with the power of emperor for the first time in China’s history. Looming in the background is a titanic Buddha, under construction as a tribute to the empress’ power and the witness[Read More…]

2011 Polaris Music Prize Preview

The Polaris Music Prize is awarded annually to the best full-length Canadian album released that year, independent of genre or commercial success. Loosely based on the UK’s Mercury Prize, the judges evaluate each year’s nominees based on their creativity, diversity, and artistic integrity. Past winners include Caribou, Fucked Up, and[Read More…]

Montreal Fashion Week

Sam Reynolds Sam Reynolds From Sept. 6 to 9, our cultural metropolis captivated the industry and the public alike at the 21st edition of Montreal Fashion Week. Bonsecours Market, in the hub of the Old Port, was the place to be seen and heard by buyers, bloggers, journalists, fashionistas, and[Read More…]

Neon Indian: Era Extraña

Nowadays, music genres rise and fall in popularity on a yearly, if not monthly, basis. There was a time when Texas’ Neon Indian was the vanguard of Extraña” cuts through the synth haze of previous tracks with a spacious and  grandiose delivery.   Yet these few tracks all share a[Read More…]

Entourage

lovedvds.net After the previous season ended with the arrest of Hollywood hunk Vincent Chase for possession of cocaine, Entourage viewers were left awaiting the fate of their protagonist in what was announced as the final season of the HBO series. One would think the final hurrah for the inside story[Read More…]

Curb Your Enthusiasm

wallpapergravity.com Any native New Yorker or avid fan of Borscht Belt humour should know that Larry David is back in town. Does it really matter that Curb Your Enthusiasm’s return from a two-year hiatus features episodes shot in Larry David’s native environment? Of course not. If Seinfeld was shot almost[Read More…]

The “Enfant Terrible” all grown up

mmfc.qc.ca French couturier Jean Paul Gaultier, commonly known as fashion’s “enfant terrible,” is currently the subject of an extravagant exhibit at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Gaultier has long identified with the city of Montreal, so it’s fitting that our fair city play host to the eccentric designer in[Read More…]

Jeff Mangum breaks the silence

amoeba.com “There’s some bullshit idea that we’re not gonna sing along to my songs, like why the fuck’d I write them then, anyway?” So spoke Jeff Mangum, leader of influential ‘90s band Neutral Milk Hotel, trying to coax the hushed and sold-out audience at Toronto’s Trinity St. Paul’s to join[Read More…]

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