Month: November 2014
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The Feedback Society’s Week in Music
Some of the albums we’ve been discussing over drinks this week at The Feedback Society, from The Melvins and Thurston Moore to Run the Jewels. The Melvins – Hold it in The Melvins’ King Buzzo and Dale Crover have joined forces with Paul Leary and Jeff Pinkus from The Butthole Surfers for their latest album,…
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Interview: Lagwagon’s Joey Cape
California punk band Lagwagon are a bit older and wiser these days. As they release their new album, ‘Hang,’ we chat with frontman Joey Cape. In the early 90s, a glossier take on punk rock became popular in the mainstream, with bands like Green Day and Rancid hitting the airwaves and developing legions of fans. …
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Michael Keaton gets a bit meta and channels his glorious Batman days in Alejandro González Iñárritu’s new film Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance). To praise Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) by saying it soars high and above the rest of the films released this fall may seem at once hyperbolic and…
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Run the Jewels 2
With Run the Jewels 2, Killer Mike and El-P have released another powerhouse rap album that defies expectations and builds on foundations they’ve laid out. I was on a Polaris Music Prize salon panel this year, and we came to a discussion about a couple of hip hop albums on the short list, Drake and…
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Interview: The Kids in the Hall’s Bruce McCulloch
Bruce McCulloch is a Canadian comedy legend, one fifth of The Kids in the Hall. Craig Silliphant squeals like a schoolgirl, then interviews Mr. McCulloch. The first time I saw the sketch comedy show The Kids in the Hall beaming out from the TV was about 1989. It was an off the wall, hilarious show…