A Taste of Toro

Chazwick Bradley Bundick! The man otherwise known as Toro y Moi or Les Sins had quite a bit of hype surrounding him prior to his date with Vancouver last Tuesday at the Biltmore Cabaret. The well-versed yet still relatively undiscovered young man who has just released his third full-length studio album did not disappoint his […]

Mister Lies “Hounded”

[youtube]http://youtu.be/6HbILc7X0BY[/youtube] The airy and atmospheric ambiance of Mister Lies’ new single, “Hounded”, is a great showcase for what you can expect to find on his latest album, Mowgli.  This is mood music perfect for chilling out to, and it has the power to inspire moments of calm introspection with its hypnotic melody and relaxing aura.  […]

The Invention of “No”

While Pablo Larraín’s No is based on the very real, historic televised ad campaign to get Chileans to vote dictator Augusto Pinochet out of power in the national plebiscite of 1988 (Pinochet’s party had an opposing ‘Yes’ campaign), it’s important to remember that it is, first and foremost, a work of fiction. The central character […]

The Definition of Debt

“He has paid his debt to society”. It’s an old term, though one that has fallen out of common use. The turn of phrase puzzled writer Margaret Atwood so much, that she wrote an entire book on debt, and the different ways human society views it. Payback, a documentary made in 2011, is a fascinating […]