Album Reviews: One Direction, Death Grips, and a throwback to Interpol

One Direction - Midnight Memories So, I listened to an entire One Direction album in a single sitting in the quietude of the Bennett Library. I...

Resogun redefines addiction

It is, perhaps, a little alarming that the most notable launch title for the newly-released Playstation 4 is Resogun: an indie release from Housemarque,...

Cool Beans: a musical for coffee lovers

Why are there so many people in Vancouver crowding into coffee shops only to sit alone and not talk to all the other lonely...

Tightly woven BRAIDS

MONTREAL (CUP) — In a windowless one-car garage-turned-studio in Outremont, Montreal-based BRAIDS crafted their most introspective and reflective material to date. “A lot of our...

The art of storytelling

We probably all remember being children and listening to bedtime stories with rapt fascination; the stories seemed magical and beautiful, coming to life as...

Poet’s Corner: Coffee house

Pound down the pavement Rain is falling, on me, on my hair, on my face, on my back, all of me I’m soaked It’s miserable out It’s beautiful...

The b-sides of Vancouver

When Vancouver Was Awesome first made its way onto my desk, a couple of questions immediately formed: 1) Are they implying that Vancouver is...

SFU prof stars in one-woman play

You know those rare people who are so down-to-earth and easy to talk to that you feel like you’ve known them a long time...

Cool as ice: an interview with The Zolas

Currently on a cross-Canada tour, The Zolas will be playing with Hollorado at The Commodore Ballroom on Nov. 14. As you might expect, guitarist/vocalist...

All’s fair in love and art

It starts as they stick candles into two mini cheesecakes for his 80th birthday. Cutie and the Boxer is a documentary that traces the...