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  • 10 years 3 months ago

Best of 2012: The albums that hit the mark

See which albums made the cut of the best of the best from the albums released this yearContinue...
  • 10 years 3 months ago

Ticket Giveaway

Check out how you could win two free tickets to the Great Bloomers show on Dec. 7!Continue...
  • 10 years 3 months ago

What We're Listening To

Forget the old versions of Christmas carols. The Journal brings you revamped versions of the best holiday songs to curl up to by the fire.Continue...

Daniel Romano co-owns his own recording studio with friends and fellow musicians, Ian Kehoe and Steve Lambke.
  • 10 years 3 months ago

Multiple jobs

Daniel Romano can sing the hell out of a ballad — and he can also vault.Continue...

Erin Shirreff’s exhibit toys with the idea that an object will always remain the same, but our perception of it is subject to change at any moment given the lighting in the space.
  • 10 years 3 months ago

Let it shine

Step into Erin Shirreff’s Available Light exhibit and you’ll leave with an ostentatious realization about the tricks of illumination.Continue...

Mother Mother played Ale House on Sunday night to a packed crowd. They covered songs from their previous albums along with new material from their latest album The Sticks.
  • 10 years 3 months ago

Solitary ecstasy

The difference between hearing something through your laptop speakers and seeing it live can be heartbreaking.Continue...

Rich Kidd says he met SonReal for the first time over MSN in ‘06 or ‘07.
  • 10 years 4 months ago

Going the distance for the music

As far as rap duos go, SonReal and Rich Kidd have their relationship figured out.Continue...

After his group Attack in Black broke up, Spencer Burton continued on a solo career performing under the stage name Grey Kingdom.
  • 10 years 4 months ago

Grey nights for Grey Kingdom

The musical cocktail of Spencer Burton is one shot classic country and one tablespoon of dark humour.Continue...

Inlet Sound keyboardist, Sean Hardy, says their harder and edgier rock sound has been influenced by learning from past mistakes.
  • 10 years 4 months ago

A song to warn

It’s a cautionary tale, not one of pessimism.Continue...

Joseph Sekine and Charlotte Boyer shone as the two leads in Wait Until Dark! The play tells the story of three con men vying to get a stuffed doll laced with heroin.
  • 10 years 4 months ago

Wait until the lights go out to scream

With a title like Wait Until Dark!, the viewer is immediately left with an ominous feeling.Continue...

Wool on Wolves guitarist Thomas Reikie says he and his band mates met while they were studying at the University of Alberta.
  • 10 years 4 months ago

Intense instrumentation

Wool on Wolves has a changing musical style to match their changing instruments on stage.Continue...

Old Man Luedecke is returning to Kingston tomorrow night before continuing on his tour in the US and overseas in the next few months.
  • 10 years 4 months ago

Banjo vibes

Save the tissue boxes for someone else — Chris Luedecke’s heartbreak only needed the purchase of a banjo to be solved.Continue...

Ebonnie Hollenbeck, BFA ‘13, went on hunting trips in Quebec to gather the components of her exhibit Into Your Hideout IV.
  • 10 years 4 months ago

Untamed wings of solitude

Ebonnie Hollenbeck’s on the hunt and you’re her prey.Continue...
  • 10 years 4 months ago

Monologue’s end

A band break-up doesn’t have to be like a funeral — sometimes it’s a celebration.Continue...

Carvings lead singer Mac Cameron says the student culture at Queen’s is more intereested in club music than rock and roll.
  • 10 years 4 months ago

Carving out future plans

Queen’s is the small pond to rock band Carvings’ big dreams.Continue...

Gentleman Reg says while he’s in Kingston, he’ll visit his friend Sarah Harmer and check out the local poutine scene.
  • 10 years 4 months ago

Satisfying, if not epic

Gentleman Reg will turn to his record player of 70s rock before his phone book of famous musician friends for inspiration.Continue...

Jaclyne Grimoldby and Anicka Vrana-Godwin’s exhibit Anatomy Studies uses paintings, lithographs and prints to encourage viewers to question what’s below the surface of skin.
  • 10 years 4 months ago

Artful anatomy

Beneath your skin lies raw, unsheathed art.Continue...

Men Without Hats had huge success in the 80s with hit songs “Safety Dance” and “Pop Goes the World.”
  • 10 years 4 months ago

It’s safe to dance

While some bands may become increasingly frustrated if they’re defined by their greatest hit, Men Without Hats is just the opposite.Continue...

Lisa Figge’s exhibit I Can Only Make It Up Once has four parts: an installation piece on the stairs, a marionette with no arms and two videos.
  • 10 years 4 months ago

Life story in art

Watch your step — there’s artwork on the floor.Continue...

Current Swell lead singer Scott Stanton says the band always goes out of their way to make sure they get to play a gig in Kingston while they’re touring.
  • 10 years 4 months ago

Sleep, drink, sing

Bring a hardhat to the Mansion for Current Swell’s gig — it might be useful.Continue...

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