Arts

Animal Collective Centipede Hz (Domino Records) 4.5/5  Nickolas Joy, contributing writer Centipede Hz, like every other Animal Collective album, is completely different from every other Animal Collective album. The experimental rock band’s ninth album comes three years after their biggest success, Merriweather Post Pavilion. Centipede Hz is filled with the pop elements that won Merriweather […]

Vancouver’s dirty alternative rock and roll band Ladyhawk have announced the release of their third studio album, No Can Do, and now they are touring for the first time in years. “Almost everything is different since our last album. It’s been about four years since we toured or focused on the band at all,” says […]

Rise Against isn’t a band to shy away from putting a message in their music. However, the band’s longtime drummer, Brandon Barnes, recognizes that a strong meaning isn’t always necessary for quality tunes. “There are plenty of songs that are amazing songs and they’re just about nothing,” he says. “If people want to have a […]

Taboo is something forbidden, exotic, illicit, and a brand of absinthe hailing from the Okanagan. It was all of these things that inspired Suddenly Dance Theatre to choose Taboo as the name for their 20th anniversary celebration and fundraiser. In particular, absinthe has an alternate meaning for Suddenly Dance founders David Ferguson and Miles Lowry. […]