Album Reviews: Elvis Costello and The Roots, Neko Case, and a throwback to Brian Eno

Elvis Costello and The Roots - Wise Up Ghost It shouldn’t work. Elvis Costello, the angry young man turned cantankerous cynic behind some of the best...

Take me to the mountains

To all my fellow SFU classmates that feel homesick for powder covered slopes, who sometimes wish they had been a ski bum rather than...

Open, close

  When someone close tells me they’re a terrible liar, I can’t help but wonder if they’re a really good liar and if I would trust-fall into...

To be or not to be

What if Shakespeare lived today as a university student? What if he studied with Ben Johnson and Chris Marlowe, and what if the head...

Album Reviews: Janelle Monae, The Pixies, and a throwback to Elliot Smith

Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady The Electric Lady continues Janelle Monáe’s ambitious seven-part concept series, loosely based on Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, in which she...

SFU grad film premieres at TIFF

It all began in a monastery. Devan Scott, an SFU film studies graduate, was helping out a friend with a documentary being shot at...

Peak Week September 9 – 14

Eats Looking to make summer last a little longer? Earnest Ice Cream’s brick and mortar location on Fraser and King Edward has finally opened its...

Every poet is a Force Field unto herself

Poetry: the polarizer of literature. Most people I know either adore poetry or cannot fathom the appeal. To be honest, I don’t know what...

Sneak Peak: Welcome back!

The Vancouver Latin American Film Festival This festival runs until Sept. 8 and is sure to heat up your first week of classes. Featuring over...

Album Reviews: Volcano Choir, Earl Sweatshirt, and a throwback to Sonic Youth

Volcano Choir - Repave By Max Wall On “Perth”, the opening track of Bon Iver’s self-titled second album, Justin Vernon proclaims, “This is not a place.” Indeed,...