Calgary post-punk quartet goes all out in self-titled LP After 2014’s “Cassette EP,” punk fans are treated to a band coming into its own in a big way with Viet Cong, released on Jan. 20. Featuring former members of the beloved Calgary band Women, post-punk group Viet Cong’s self-titled LP […]

Interdisciplinary book probes multicultural narratives in Canada As part of Musagetes’ and the Guelph Black Heritage Society’s ongoing People of Good Will project, Saturday, Jan. 24 saw Publication Studio’s launch of Model Minority – a book compiled of newspapers, essays, photographs, and other ephemeral and archival materials from Toronto’s Gendai […]

Sleater-Kinney – No Cities to Love Once-legendary creative spaces of New York City are gentrifying more and more by the day, becoming beacons of status, with value placed on just “being seen” in them. Detroit, a hub of Motown and punk rock, has all but gone to the dogs, as […]

Madvillain: Madvillainy When two notoriously reclusive left-field hip-hop mavericks clash, at least on the level of rapper MF DOOM and DJ/producer Madlib, a legend is almost bound to be born – this is certainly the case with 2004’s Madvillainy. A crowning achievement for experimental hip-hop in the mainstream, Madvillainy features […]

Espionage ensemble comedy shifts from drug dealing back to spying “The Holdout,” the first episode of Archer’s new season, opens with two characteristically Archer moments. First, we see Sterling Archer “up to his eyeballs in Cobra whiskey and hookers” somewhere in Southeast Asia, instead of helping Lana with their new […]

Outstanding new record by elusive neo-soul icon When D’Angelo (Michael Eugene Archer) left the music scene after the release of 2000’s Voodoo, for reasons both personal and very public, fans anxiously awaited his return with doubts that he would in the first place. Though he had appeared on numerous features, […]

A wealth of community-minded programming and workshops Whether you’re working, an active artist, student, enthusiast, or someone who doesn’t really know much about art, there is a wealth of workshops and other resources in Guelph for those inclined to the sublime side of things. Art objectively enriches one’s life and […]

Guelph’s diverse music scene has something for every taste For a city of its size, Guelph has a strikingly diverse local scene. Punk rockers, DJs, folk songsmiths, and oddball experimentalists from the city and area flood downtown Guelph’s venues every weekend. If you haven’t got around to really digging into […]