0.5 atrociously-cobbled-together-messes-of-a-movie out of 4 David Ayer’s Suicide Squad is an overly edited, poorly cobbled mess that has a dislike for visual sense and order, aural reason, and cinematic vocabulary. It is worse than a poorly made movie, it is a disastrously made movie masquerading as an audio-visual feast for […]
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A long weekend art rock spectacle all the way from Alberta
Van Gogh’s Ear presents Andy Ferguson, Terra, and Participation Beer on the tables of customers and artificial flowers in the hair of waitresses, Van Gogh’s Ear was warm with anticipation on Sunday, May 22 while their musical guests carried equipment to the stage, all the way from Alberta. Having spent […]
Guelph promoters host two retro shows in the month of May
It’s not the work of time travel, but it sure sounds like it [Disclaimer: this article contains coarse language.] Part One: Bonnie Trash, Germaphobes, & Wolfcow Local music promoters, FUCKPOP, brought out three high-energy bands to share the small stage at Jimmy Jazz on Saturday, May 14, 2016. The first […]
The Weekly Scene: Spectre (2015)
2.5 007- melodramas out of 4 Loud, action-heavy, stunningly choreographed, and lacking in any semblance of character or plot, Spectre is the unfortunate culmination of the James Bond character as played by Daniel Craig. Regardless, underneath the martinis, mindless sexism, and hyper masculine bravado lies an impressive piece of action […]
Spice Up Your Life with Wannabe
All that can be heard is the quiet chatter of people talking as they wait for a show that promises to be nothing like any other. The air is filled with clouds from a smoke machine and a variety of old 90’s tunes mixed with new hip hop music. The […]
Pearle Harbour hosts prom night at eBar
FUCKPOP and Fortnight presented The Almighty Rhombus, The Folk, and The Medicine Hat at the eBar on Friday, Nov. 13. Pearle Harbour hosted the event, or “the prom night of your nightmares,” as she so eloquently put it. The first band to hit the stage was The Almighty Rhombus, all […]
Howling from the Lowlands
eBar and the Royal City Music Series presented Jessy Bell-Smith, Matt Monoogian, and Lowlands on Friday, Nov. 8. Jessy Bell-Smith and Matt Monoogian both warmed up the stage and crowd for Guelph’s favourite folk rock band, Lowlands. Each act complimented the next perfectly and with warm regards for each other. […]
Gregory Pepper and His Problems’ album release at eBar
We are often asked to leave our problems at home when we come to work, but at the eBar last Friday night, Gregory Pepper brought His Problems along with him—and we were quite pleased that he did. Promoting the new album Chorus! Chorus! Chorus!, the Guelph/Toronto band, Gregory Pepper and […]
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