Released: March 20, 2007 Label: Roadrunner Records Tracks: 13 Okay, first things first, the band name isn’t pronounced the way it looks; say “goth” but put a “d”‘ at the front and you’ve got the idea. The Hinderers is death metal, pure and simple. Daath uses complicated, furiously fast, high-pitched guitar riffs behind a gruff… Read more »
Now I was under the impression that the Social Credit Party had gone out of action years ago, but a weekend trip back to my hometown of Stettler proves this theory wrong. I saw Party posters on two homes and can’t say for sure just how much support it has there but, as usual, Stettler… Read more »
Released: 2007 Label: True North Records Tracks: 12 + 1 bonus Rating: 5 Country albums aren’t generally my kind of thing, but I’ve tried (as always, of course) to be objective on this one. Listening to Closer to the Flame brought me back to my childhood, when country was all I would listen to. Oh… Read more »
David Suzuki has just wound up his 50 city bike tour of Canada in Victoria this week, and as he biked across the final stretch he was met by a crowd eager to hear him speak and share their ideas for a greener country. The noted Canadian environmentalist embarked on his cross country journey from… Read more »
Released: 2006 Label: Fontana North Maple Tracks: 15 Rating: 2 When I was in high school, most of my male friends were in a band. It was the thing to do. They played cover versions of the Offspring, Green Day, the Smashing Pumpkins and all of their favourite bands before deciding to move on to… Read more »
When a stripper from Vancouver was diagnosed with cancer and eventually died, her friends decided to start raising money first for her and then for cancer charities. They felt that it was the best thing they could do to honour their friend and support research towards the eradication of cancer. They made a few thousand… Read more »
Release Date: October 2006 Label: Universal Tracks: 11 Rating: 5 I don’t think there is any music you can listen to (save “Oh Canada”) that makes you feel like more of a Canuck than The Tragically Hip. Since their inception in 1993 this band of five indie Ontarians has been synonymous with the Canadian music… Read more »
In the latter half of 2001, Taliban rule ended in Afghanistan and thus Canada began its military involvement. This policy has been very controversial, as with any military endeavour, and the Canadian government has suffered unending questions as to the reason for its military presence in the war-torn country. The stand our country has taken… Read more »
Release: October 2006 Label: Universal Tracks: 11 Rating: 3 Before I get deeply involved in a description of this album and its merit (or lack thereof), let me first explain my rating system for these reviews. Like most scoring charts, mine starts at one and ends at ten, with ten being the best. Simple. But… Read more »
Thanks to the long-term thinking of Spencer Herbert of the Parks Commission, restaurants and other facilities serving food within Vancouver’s Parks are now filling their menus with environmentally sustainable seafood. Following a Vancouver Parks Board report, food vendors are being asked nicely to only serve seafood that has been caught in an “environmentally friendly way”… Read more »