Adrien Potvin: So, how did you guys meet and start doing what you do? Michael Claxton: I met Matt through a friend, and we started a band together called DD/MM/YYYY. And then I met Moshe when I recorded Matt and Moshe’s band, Newfound Interest in Connecticut, at my house in […]
Arts & Culture
The Ontarion’s arts and culture articles cover the local artistic scene, including news, interviews, and reviews.
Fortnight Music hosts The Wooden Sky and Absolutely Free
Spacey synthesizers and heartfelt, epic folk-rock keep DSTRCT dancing In a wildly-lit DSTRCT, the über-hip venue above Van Gogh’s Ear, local concert organizer Fortnight Music hosted two very different bands for a riotous night of music on Thursday, Oct. 16. Absolutely Free and The Wooden Sky shared the stage; while […]
Album of the Week
Slint – Spiderland (1991) The release of this incredible album by math-rock/post-rock group Slint was a sort of miracle in itself. Their second LP after 1989’s Steve Albini-helmed Tweez, Spiderland had hardly any promotion, allowing its its cryptic cover, featuring four young men swimming, to find its way to […]
The Weekly Scene: The Square
3.5 Revolutions out of 4 Social change never comes easy. Hindsight allows us the ability to look at past events and accurately discern exactly where everything went wrong, but the truth remains that social change is the one human paradigm that refuses to succumb to precedent. Insanity is supposed to […]
JamSchool hosts band showcase at Van Gogh’s Ear
Local, performance-focused music school demonstrates young talent For me, and most people my age, high school seems like ages away. Still in a certainly tangible past, they are formative years whether we like them or not, and whether our memories are fond or otherwise. Regardless, it’s a time when you […]
Talking Zavitz
This week, Zavitz Gallery features The Party, an exhibition by Ryan Grover, Alexa Gargoum, and Bogdan Chifa. According to the Facebook event, the show is “A simulation of party culture.” It opened on Oct. 20 and runs until Oct. 24. I wandered through the gallery with my friend Alec Follett, […]
The Weekly Scene: Chef
3.5 Astonishingly-Delicious-Courses out of 4 A love-song to food, art, and independence, Chef is a reminder why I love movies. Its characters are appealing, its story is pleasant, and its production warmly invites viewers to appreciate its virtues. Director Jon Favreau – who wrote, produced, and stars in the movie […]
Album of the Week: Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes’ self-titled album was released June 3, 2008. It may seem like Fleet Foxes was released a long time ago, but this album is one that will stand the test of time. Fleet Foxes was the bands debut studio album to be released. It was chosen for album of […]
Caribou – Our Love
Dan Snaith fuses organic with synthetic in gorgeous new LP Hailing from Dundas, Ontario, multi-instrumentalist Dan Snaith has been quietly releasing a unique and progressive style of electronic music under a number of different stage names, including Daphni, Manitoba, and Caribou. It was with the Caribou’s release of Swim that […]
Flying Lotus – You’re Dead!
Visionary producer waxes jazz, death, and hip-hop on latest trip There’s probably a reason why most people don’t like jazz fusion. I grew up with it in a musical household, and even I have to back up off it because of its inherent synth-drenched self-importance. But the newest LP by […]
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The Ontarion is the University of Guelph’s independent student newspaper. It began in 1951 as part of the Ontario Agricultural College and then began to represent the entire University of Guelph once it amalgamated in 1964. The Ontarion incorporated in May 1970 as The Ontarion, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation registered with the province of Ontario.