Arts

Toronto-based multi-media artist, Michael Capobianco attempts to merge the real and the illusionary in his installation entitled This Site is Under Construction. Displayed at the University of Waterloo Art Gallery (UWAG) from April 20 to May 14, this collection offered viewers a chance to step outside reality and immerse themselves within what he described as…

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Running from June 14-20, this summer marks the 16th year that North by Northeast (NXNE) has taken place. Managing director and co-founder of NXNE Andy McLean, alongside fellow directors Michael Hollett and Yvonne Matsell, was inspired to create the event after repeatedly attending South by Southwest in Austin, Texas. McLean reminisced about a time when…

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Christina Aguilera releases hot mess of a song, video Trying to stay relevant and rip off every edgy artist in the past 30 years, Christina Aguilera released her new flop single “Not Myself Tonight” in April. Failing to revive the bad-but-good magic of “Dirrty”, the song includes such forgettable lines as “I’m kissing all the…

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Together The New Pornographers Label: Matador Release Date: May 4 Listen to: “Your Hands (Together)”, “Daughters of Sorrow” 7/10 Together opens strong with “Moves” and “Crash Years” which gloriously combine synths, strings and electric guitar in the New Pornographers’ signature style. Though the album drags along in the middle, it is redeemed by the haunting…

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As frontwoman Amy Millan pointed out, it takes a lot of trust for an audience to buy a ticket to see a band play songs that they’ve never heard before. That’s exactly what happened at Starlight on May 6. Montreal-based indie band Stars took to the stage at Starlight to play their new album The…

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Stars Label: Soft Revolution Release Date: June 22, 2010 Listen To: “Dead Hearts”, “Fixed”, “Changes” 8.5/10 Two years after the success of the Polaris Music Prize nominated In Our Bedroom After the War, on June 22 Stars will release their fifth studio album The Five Ghosts. The first on their independent label Soft Revolution Records,…

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Last Saturday, children’s and teen’s authors, illustrators and poets from across Canada came together at the Waterloo Regional Children’s Museum to explore new worlds, tell their stories and expand their imagination in hopes of sharing their love of books and literacy with the youth of Kitchener-Waterloo. The festival, organized by Words Worth Books, offered children…

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Sloan took to the stage at Starlight this past Tuesday as part of a small Ontario tour with Toronto band Modern Superstitions. Modern Superstitions opened the show to a slightly older crowd than Starlight is used to, but managed to win over the audience with their brand of punky, old-school rock. With multiple drunken shouts…

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Laurier’s annual Year End Celebration took over campus last Saturday to celebrate the end of another school year. True to WLU (We Line Up) tradition, students braved the enormous lines to get into Wilf’s and the Turret and to get beer in the Quad. A Turret regular, DJ Ghost got the party started in the…

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Taking a break from rehearsing in Montreal for the upcoming tour, Evan Cranley from Stars chatted with The Cord about their new album Five Ghosts, out on June 22nd. Sarah: Well, I guess we’ll start off asking you some questions about the new album, which we were lucky enough to hear. You gave your fans…

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