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  • 12 years 4 months ago

Far From Ordinary Day

Far from ordinary day.Continue...

  • 12 years 4 months ago

Crafts of another feather

This year’s Fat Goose Craft Fair is getting a new time slot and venue but promises the familiar range of locally made arts, crafts and services.Continue...

Spencer Evans on keys.
  • 12 years 4 months ago

Express to a jazz rock funk utopia

With their weekly gig at The Toucan, local five-piece Ghetto Express pull passengers from all fronts of Kingston’s scene.Continue...

The Most Serene Republic may have got their start as the Robin to Broken Social Scene’s Batman but over the last decade have stepped into a limelight all their own.
  • 12 years 4 months ago

Republic of rock

The Most Serene Republic solidify their creative independence with their new label, Home of the Rebels.Continue...

Miles’ yearning vocals are poured over the sextet’s vibe to exude sunshine, sweetness and sprightly strings on The Orchard.
  • 12 years 4 months ago

‘Make it as much as it can be’

Ra Ra Riot talks to the Journal about The Police, keeping the fun and the beauty of peach trees.Continue...

Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
  • 12 years 4 months ago

The top 10 LPs of 2010

Five Journal staffers weigh in on the sickest sonic releases of the year.Continue...

Complicating military history is a thread running through both artists’ work.
  • 12 years 4 months ago

Remembrance, reception and representation

Modern Fuel’s party tonight will take place outside the gallery walls, currently occupied by the engaging Reconnaissance.Continue...

Morris leans on The Loyalists for support onstage and off and dubs lead guitarist Mike Butlin (left) “the guru of the band.”
  • 12 years 4 months ago

Destination far from nowhere

Mookie and The Loyalists bring buoyant grooves, melodic blues and an unwavering thirst for success with the release of their self-titled EP.Continue...

In the penultimate Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part 1, the fans’ familiar favourites are transported to dismally dark and threatening territories.
  • 12 years 4 months ago

A Darkly Dangerous Double Take

Staff Writer Parker Mott fills us in on the latest Potter blockbuster and final installment of Larsson’s Millenium trilogy.Continue...

Jurvanen may have a hard time getting people to pronounce his name right, but when it comes to his tunes and the excitement surrounding Bahamas’ first headlining tour “Hockey Teeth in Canada,” no clarification is needed.
  • 12 years 4 months ago

Cutting their hockey teeth

Afie Jurvanen talks to the Journal about memorable musical relationships and the serious side of moustaches.Continue...

Woodhands’ latest release came in the form of their mixtape No Feelings, an ode to their favourites and a nod to Lil’ Wayne’s monster mixtape, No Ceilings.
  • 12 years 4 months ago

‘You want to reward the people that are down’

Lead singer Dan Werb and drummer Paul Banwatt have come a long way since they united as the dynamic duo that is Woodhands but some things, like the raw intensity of their live shows, will always stay the same.Continue...

The trio’s tunes bring to mind the abrasive and feedback-heavy era of early 1990s sludge punk.
  • 12 years 4 months ago

The face-melting of Metz

Toronto-based band Metz are bringing their noise rock to Kingston.Continue...

LIGHTS is known for her unique intergalactic-electro tunes, which she defines as music that sounds like it came from the rings of Jupiter or the crater-filled surface of Mars.
  • 12 years 4 months ago

Listening for Lights in the Limestone

LIGHTS rose to fame with her space pop but a new song, “My Boots,” represents her new acoustic experimentation.Continue...

Wintersleep play Ale on Nov. 24, a venue they remember for its unique decor.
  • 12 years 4 months ago

A harmonic hibernation

Halifax-based quintet Wintersleep continue to carve a unique space for themselves in the Canadian music scene.Continue...
  • 12 years 4 months ago

Soberingly splendid, smashingly sloshed

This fall’s production of Queen’s Players transports attendees, drunk or sober, to a land where Oprah reigns supreme.Continue...

Galifianakis and Downey, Jr. are strong and carve Due Date with sharp timing.
  • 12 years 4 months ago

Planes, Trains and Automobiles, minus the trains

The latest jocular comedy from director Todd Phillips may not create momentous characters, but it’ll make you laugh.Continue...

With their new lineup, national tour and new record Light The Horizon, the boys of Bedouin Soundclash, two of which are Queen’s alum, prove they’re only just getting started.
  • 12 years 4 months ago

Climbing to the mountain top

Bedouin Soundclash caught up with the Journal in light of their upcoming gig at Ale.Continue...

  • 12 years 4 months ago

Midsummer in fall

The drama department re-imagines A Midsummer Night’s Dream in a multi-century, mohawked and safety-pinned context.Continue...

Jack warms hearts as an everyday Joe who must overcome his fears to fall in love.
  • 12 years 4 months ago

Jack stays afloat for love

Phillip Seymour Hoffman stars in his directorial debut Jack Goes Boating, a love story focusing around two working class couples in New York.Continue...

A decade into their career, The Junction trio are more brothers than bandmates.
  • 12 years 4 months ago

Loving every link in the chain

With confidence and a never-waning thirst for creation, it’s blue skies ahead for The Junction.Continue...

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