Ubiquitous. Present, appearing or found everywhere. Synergy. The interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations, substances or other agents to produce a combined effort greater than the sum of their separate effects. Seeker. A person who is attempting to find or obtain something. USS – New World Alphabet released January 13, 2017 ********** 10/10 Ubiquitous Synergy…
I remember when I first really heard about The Tragically Hip. I was in my first year of high school (2003), sitting in Social Studies 10 reading about the Canadian government, it’s culture, and the landscape of the country. There was a section dedicated to famous Canadian culturemakers and The Tragically Hip were cited as…
Politics and music have always been brothers in arms. The connection between expression and intention can be seen in a number of different cultures and subsets of cultures too. While we cannot know the implication of making music that has a political slant, it is in the emotion that we become effected, and hopefully change…
Leonard Cohen left this world in both a dramatic and cheeky fashion with his final offering. He realized long ago that true music fans almost always want more from you, more emotion, more physicality, more spirituality, more presence, the list goes on. With his final album, You Want It Darker, Cohen gave us something quite visceral,…
In my family it’s pretty common to listen to the same three or four Christmas albums over and over and over again. Bing Crosby’s Merry Christmas, Burl Ives Have A Holly Jolly Christmas, Christmas with The Chipmunks featuring Alvin and the Chipmunks, and Christmas with Boney M. It’s like clockwork. But every so often, my…
When you care, you can come off a little creepy. Especially when you put a little stank on it. This is why it’s important to inject some passion and some perspective into your music, it gives the audience a point of leverage and an opportunity to empathize with you. Take this week’s album review for…
The synthesizer seems to be back in full force ladies and gentlemen. That desire for quality samples, lossless file compression and physical models seems to be something that most if not all top shelf pop music trend setters are using right now. But for why? The Weeknd – Starboy released November 25, 2016 ******* 7/10 Abel Makkonen…
It’s always a challenge to make a good album. And to make a great album, even tougher. But what happens when you attempt to do the ol’ double deuce for your fans? Well it can go off really well or really poorly, just a matter of perspective. And boy does this week’s album review have…
It’s pretty damn glorious when a band can remain consistent without ever getting stale, but the real challenge comes in when you know they just might be phoning it in. When do you host and intervention? The kind that generates hugs and high fives afterwards? Dragonette – Royal Blues released November 11, 2016 ****** 6/10 Dragonette is…
Even if I didn’t have a stake in world affairs, I’d find the US election results incredibly difficult to stomach. There have always been bullies in the world, and I’ve seen my share of them in my short time on this revolving space rock, but dammit if there isn’t some emotionally charged shit floating around…