1 Disappointing-disastrous-downright-dismal-drudge out of 4 There are bad movies in this world. There are disappointing features, there are depressing films, there are unsettling screenings, and there are bad movies in this world. There are movies that I’d streamed on Netflix that have made me reconsider my subscription. There are short […]

Naked City – Naked City A landmark in experimental music, the debut album of alto saxophonist John Zorn’s Naked City project is a maddeningly intense potpourri of grindcore, noise punk, jazz, surf rock, and pretty much any other genre bastardization one can think of. In 26 gut-punch songs, the group […]

Is anyone else appreciating this? What stunning architecture we have on campus. Did you realize famed CN Tower architect John Hamilton Andrews built the South Residences during Guelph’s expansion in the 1960s? His love of raw concrete and angles seems to know no bounds and though many of you might […]

Studio art program works on display at Zavitz The annual Juried Art Show, in which the studio art program’s upper-year undergraduate students present their work to be juried and exhibited, was held this past Friday on all floors of Zavitz and in the painting, sculpture, and extended studios. Curator Sarah […]

A look at the city’s artistic spaces Art can hardly exist without a space for it to exist in – be it a tangible or imagined space. Where theory and practice meet is also where audience and artist meet, and the sanctity of these spaces is where a local arts […]

Toronto art gallery hosts limited-run exhibition of late NYC artist  In his 2013 song “Picasso Baby,” rapper Jay-Z boasts of having a “Yellow Basquiat in his kitchen corner.” Such is the enduring influence of the late New York artist’s work that 25 years after his death, he is still name-dropped […]

4 perfect-scores out of 4 At the core of writer-director Damien Chazelle’s story about a student and his perfection-obsessed mentor is deception. Every scene, every line, every moment oozes with innuendo, doublespeak, and misdirection. This is a movie founded on the simple principle that the easiest way to maintain an […]

On-the-rise dance auteur releases stellar debut album Over the past five years, Levon Vincent has emerged as one of dance music’s most exciting figures with a string of well-received single releases. On Feb. 9, Vincent dropped his self-titled debut album online – with the LP finally receiving a physical release […]

Legality, music culture, and the future of sampling The lawyer representing the Gaye family estate recently won a $7.4 million lawsuit against Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke, and the case is further blurring the lines of sampling and copyright in the music industry. The Gaye family challenged the two superstars […]