Punk as a concept is ever-evolving – what was once for the post-war children of England’s lower middle class has leaped into the minds and hearts of people worldwide. From the studded noses of the Sex Pistols, to the riot grrrls in DC, from KBO!’s Yugoslav hardcore punks, to the straight edge movement coined by […]
When French DJ Martin Solveig walked into the Celebrities sound pit Saturday night for his first Vancouver show, it was technically his second show in the city that night. Madonna fans unwittingly had the pleasure of stealing this milestone from the more devoted followers of Europe’s EDM sensation when Solveig opened for the Queen of […]
Abbas Kiarostami’s Like Someone In Love (2012) isn’t quite a “copy” of his 2010 masterpiece Certified Copy transposed to Tokyo—more like a warped reflection, or, to skew more sinister, a nihilistic joke based on that film. Like Certified Copy, it’s preoccupied with the notion of human life being composed of so many layers of artifice […]
I had the privilege of catching Melody’s Echo Chamber at Venue Nightclub last month during their first North American tour, opening for The Raveonettes. I was at this show because of The Raveonettes; that’s certainly not to say that I disliked Melody’s at all – I was barely familiar with their music. In any case, […]
Punk as a concept is ever-evolving – what was once for the post-war children of England’s lower middle class has leaped into the minds and hearts of people worldwide. From the studded noses of the Sex Pistols, to the riot grrrls in DC, from KBO!’s Yugoslav hardcore punks, to the straight edge movement coined by […] 