The We and the I is an incandescent doodle of a movie, a messy scrawl that’s nonetheless beautiful for its energetic, unapologetic habitation of a moment and an idea. The moment is the last day before summer holidays at a South Bronx high school. The idea, as the title indicates, is the breakdown of the […]
In 2010 NBC and the Tonight Show became embroiled in controversy. Conan O’Brien lovers everywhere were outraged at the decision to favour Jay Leno’s new program at the expense of the O’Brien hosted Tonight Show. Rodman Flender’s documentary Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop follows O’Brien shortly after his decision to walk away from NBC, and looks […]
[youtube]http://youtu.be/GctfSvFX–s[/youtube] Corrections House is a coming-together of members from Neurosis, Eyehategod, Yakuza, and Nachtmystium, which, if you know your metal, should have you pinching yourself hard enough to draw blood. Their latest entry is “Grin With A Purpose”, featuring disembodied, stream-of-conscious lyrics that slowly progress into a screaming distortion. The entire video is a slow […]
Music Waste, Vancouver’s favourite ultra-affordable music, art and comedy festival, which charges patrons a staggering $5 per show, formally kicked off at the Anza Club (amongst other venues) last Thursday night. With a stacked bill that featured Defektors, Slim Fathers, Failing and Nam Shub, Music Waste started this year off right. Falling somewhere between post-rock, […]