In searching for the newest talent in Ontario's underground metal scene, you'd probably overlook the sleepy Southern Ontario town of Leamington, best known as Canada's greenhouse produce capital. However, if you were to pass by Leamington in your search for thrash, you would miss out on the best non-produce related thing to come out this town, a band called Bloodshoteye.
Nearly a decade ago, the mainstream was invaded by a bunch of two-tone-wearing, off-beat - both literally and figuratively - brass-laden wunderbands, otherwise known as the third wave of ska. While most of these groups have fallen into obscurity, some, including the New York-based Slackers, are still going strong .
I realize it's a little unfair to trash a movie for kids when you're a 22 year-old, so take this review with a grain of salt. Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London is the second in a series of movies starring Frankie Muniz as a 16 year-old secret agent who thwarts attempts to take over the world, à la James Bond.
Although any casual observer of pop culture could tell you that the recently defunct Sex and the City is basically about four women who like sex and shoes, an equal argument could be made for sex and luggage. The women of the show certainly had as many interesting bags as they did shoes.
Elephant Man Good 2 Go I think I like dancehall more than any heavy set, glasses-wearing white guy ought to, but that said, I understand why the economic engines of the genre are the single and the compilation, as opposed to the album. An hour's worth of mid-tempo, beat-heavy, dance stompers is more than most people can handle.
Moneen are a hard band to pin down. If you ask the band's lead vocalist, Kenny Bridges, for a definition of the band's sound, he starts being very opaque. The closest he'll give you to a direct answer is to call his music "aggressive melodic pop." "We just stick to that [as a definition] 'cause that kind of covers all grounds," said Bridges.
REGINA (CUP) - "We do the same old crap that gets laughs every time," chuckles Chris Patterson, one third of the acclaimed comedy-folk trio The Arrogant Worms. "It's fun to do something we like. We're amazed that this is still our job." The band scores extra points for their positivity, but they are a bit lacking in megalomaniacal behaviour.
SACKVILLE, N.B., (CUP) - "Kurt died for your sins!" yelled one of 7,000 young people gathered at the Seattle Center at a vigil for the late Kurt Cobain on the April 9, 1994. In the early 1990s, grunge rock was the alternative to the fabricated synth-rock bands of the 1980s.
WINNIPEG (CUP) - Here's a saying that most job-seeking university students can relate to: it's all about getting your foot in the door. Although the struggle to get that so-called "in" may be difficult, once you have it, it could open up an entire new world of career possibilities.
